A school building and a conference hall for the customs department have been completed in Zaranj, the provincial capital of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Sunday. Education Bank. He said 800 students were enrolled at the…
Hundreds of residents on Friday rallied in southwestern Nimroz province, urging the unity government to mention the word “Afghan” in electronic ID cards. The protesters numbered around 300 and were chanting slogans “We are Afghans”. Mohammad Sediq Chekhansori,…
Customs officials in southwestern Nimroz province claim their department’s revenue has increased by one billion afghanis during the first nine months of this solar year compared to the corresponding period last year. Wais Sultani, the Customs Department head,…
The first 40-member group of female students graduated from Nursing School in southwestern Nimroz province amid hopes that their work would bring down the mother-child mortality rate in the province. Dr. Farid Ahmad Arab, acting head of Nimroz…
People’s representatives and residents of southwestern Nimroz province complain growing insecurity is hampering implementation of reconstruction projects, blaming the government for negligence to ensure law and order in the area. The residents, however, expressed satisfaction over security situation…
The released inmates in southwestern Nimroz province on Wednesday complained about lack of facilities in the prison. As many as 19 prisoners were freed and some were given commutation in their punishment in compliance with the presidential decree,…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in southwestern Nimroz province while two thieves were captured in western Farah province, officials said on Monday. An official who wished to go unnamed told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
More than 1,400 kilograms of narcotics have been seized and five alleged smugglers detained in connection to drugs trafficking in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said Saturday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Dilawar Shah Dilawar told Pajhwok Afghan…
Two Madrassa students aged ten and 11 respectively were killed and the third one injured on Monday after a rocket exploded near their Madrassa, officials said. Mohammad Hashim Noorzai, Khashrod district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the…
Police have destroyed a drug laboratory after in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Sunday. The factory was operating in Zaranj, the provincial capital. Police also detained nine people during a raid on the lab, the crime…
At least six people of a family, including three children, have been wounded in a mortar attack in the Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province said, an official said on Tuesday. The mortar fired by the Afghan National…
The construction of two large warehouses at the Customs Department in southwestern Nimroz province has been completed, an official said on Sunday. Customs Director Wais Sultani told Pajhwok Afghan News each warehouse had been constructed on 1,500 square…
Thousand of residents of northern Jawzjan province would gain access to potable water and many would benefit from a newly-asphalted road in southwestern Nimroz province, officials said on Saturday. A water supply scheme in the Qashqa Abad…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead five members of a family and a religious scholar in different parts of the country, officials said Thursday. In northern Baghlan, gunmen barged into a house and shot five members of the family…
Livestock in western Nimroz province witnessed a 30 percent growth after more than 5,000 animals perished in 2013, officials said on Wednesday. Muhammad Akbar Sharifi, the director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, told Pajhwok Afghan News that more…
Work on asphalting a 21-kilometre road, benefitting a large number of residents, was launched in southwestern Nimroz province on Saturday, an official said. Governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada told Pajhwok Afghan News the road was in dilapidated condition following…
Hundreds of tankers were stranded at the customs house in southwestern Nimroz province, where traders on Thursday threatened to block roads if clearance of their vehicle continued to be delayed. Under a draft law approved by the cabinet,…
A businessman on Sunday promised constructing a modern building for the dry port in Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province. Haji Nazir Ahmad, who imports commercial goods from neighboring Iran through the port, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The governor and police chief for southwestern Nimroz province on Friday escaped unhurt in an armed attack. Governor Amir Mohammad Akhundzada told Pajhwok Afghan News they came under attack on their way from Zaranj to Dilaram district. He…
Some provincial council candidates on Thursday said 20 polling stations were under high security threat in southwestern Nimroz province. One candidate Ahmad Omid told Pajhwok Afghan News two polling sites in Firozi and Gach Star areas and some…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
ZARANJ (PAN and a man have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Wednesday. The four were found shot to death in a cave near Zaranj, the provincial capital, on…
ZARANJ (PAN): An intelligence official on Wednesday survived a bomb blast which cut off power supply lines to some parts in Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said. The explosives were planted in an electricity transformer which…
ZARANJ/CHAGHCHARAN (PAN and southwestern Nimroz provinces say they lack access to clean drinking water, asking the authorities to supply them safe water through pipes and deep wells. Ground water in Nimroz capital, Zaranj, is salty and the Helmand River that…
