Acting Refugees and Repatriates Affairs Minister Khalil Rahman Haqqani said all refugee townships across the country will have necessary facilities apart from shelter, health and education. Haqqani, who inaugurated a clinic for refugees in Rabat area of Gardez,…
Culturists are concerned about the safety of historic artifacts at the museum in southeastern Paktia province because the museum has no proper building. Poet Khugman Zazai told Pajhwok Afghan News all historic items were considered national wealth which…
Police have seized around 3,000 tablets-K, 50 kilograms of hashish and one kilogram of methane ice in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province. Police spokesman Muneeb Zadran told Pajhwok on Friday the drugs were recovered from two…
Deputy Army Chief Mali Khan Sediq has visited the Dand-i-Patan district of southeastern Paktika province and visited the National Islamic Army’s check-posts along the Durand Line, according to a statement on Wednesday.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in southeastern Paktia province says traders exported goods worth $100 million from the province to Pakistan during the past 11 months.
Stray dogs bit 41 people in the past one year in two districts and Gardez city, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Ziaul Haq Saber, an official of the Public Health Department,…
Following repeated public demand in southeastern Paktia province, the remaining 20 percent rehabilitation work survey of the historic Bala Haisar has kicked off, an official said on Monday.
The residents of Lajah Mangal district in southeastern Paktia province have complained against the non-availability of telecom service and said they walk about two hours to reach to the mountain peak in order establish mobile contact.
Residents of southeastern Paktia province say firewood prices have sharply increased compared to its last year’s rate and they cannot afford to purchase it. Faizullah, an inhabitant of the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News that firewood prices…
Out of 1,200 Afghan refugee families who recently returned to southeastern Paktia province from Pakistan, 700 families are without shelter and demand solution to the problem. Some of the returnees have rented houses because as they could not…
A mother and child clinic has been inaugurated in Gardez city, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Wednesday. Public Health Director Maulvi Khair Mohammad Mansour said the facility consumed 150,000 US dollars provided by…
Customs officials have seized 400 pachkets of banned firecrackers brought from Pakistan in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. Customs Deputy Director Javed Haqyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that customs inspectors seized 400 packets of banned…
A newly-constructed building for a hospital was inaugurated in Dand Patan district of southeastern Paktia province on Monday. The building consumed $100,000 provided by a Turkish charity ‘Nada Al-Khair’, said Paktia governor’s spokesman Abdul Qadir Ahmadi. He told…
The customs office in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, has been shifted to the border town of Dand Patan in order to facilitate traders, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said on Tuesday. The Ministry of Finance…
Three people were arrested with weapons and ammunition in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, on Saturday night, police said. In a statement, the police headquarter said security forces arrested the trio, hailing from Khost, in the…
A number of youth in southeastern Paktia province on Tuesday criticized the acting government for not giving jobs to people other than those associated with the Islamic Emirate, a claim rejected by officials. About 400 youth attended a…
A number of small water dams are being constructed at a cost of 1$ million in southeastern Paktia province in order to deal with increasing drought and store rainwater. The check dams are being constructed in Gardez, Zurmat,…
At least two persons have been killed after flash flooding from seasonal rains hit Syed Karam and Mirzaka districts of southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. AmanullahAman, head of Natural Disaster Management for Paktia province, told…
A new hospital exclusively for infectious diseases has been opened in this capital city of southeastern Paktia province after receiving equipment and medicines worth 52 million afghanis in aid. Public Health Department officials say patients from nearby provinces…
An engineer in southeastern Paktia province has created a system for online business, which he activated yesterday during a ceremony in provincial capital Gardez. Engineer Bahramuddin Adil has obtained master’s degree in computer science from China. Adil told…
Security forces have seized 77 American beretta pistols in the Dand Patan district of southeastern Paktia province. In a statement, Paktia police headquarters said that security forces seized 77 American Beretta pistols from smugglers who managed to escape.…
The Customs Department of southeastern Paktia province has collected around five billion afghanis in revenue this year. Customs Director Mohammad Dawood Ayubi told Pajhwok Afghan News the revenue of the ongoing year reached around five billion afghanis, recording…
UNICEF has provided stationery for 115,000 school students in southeastern Paktia province, which will be distributed before the start of the new academic year. Paktia education director Ahmad Jalal told Pajhwok Afghan News: "UNICEF provided stationery for 150,000…
A woman was among five people publicly whipped in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktika province, after being convicted of various crimes on Saturday. The governor’s house in a statement said the accused had been arrested some time…
