Tribal leaders in some districts of southeastern Paktia province have banned cutting of trees to increase forest cover and hunting of wild animals. Mirzaka, Zazai Aryub, Janikhel and Ahmadkhel are the districts where mountains are covered with forests.…
Six health centers received medical equipment worth $3,000 in the Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province. According to provincial officials, the assistance provided by CARE organization includes different equipment. Dr. Sadruddin Ezam, director of public health, told Pajhwok…
Truck drivers in southeastern Paktia province are concerned about what they say the increasing incidents of armed robberies on highways. The drivers say they have been many times stopped by armed robbers and deprived of money and valuables…
The 50-bed Covid-19 hospital in southern Paktia province on Thursday received food for patients and medical equipment worth 11 million afghanis. Provided by CARE International, a leading humanitarian international NGO in Afghanistan, the aid includes advanced medical tools…
Residents of southeastern Paktia province complain about the shortage of medical staff and medicines in the regional hospital and ask the government to pay attention to the health facility. Azizullah, who had brought his ailing child to the…
Repatriation of internally displaced persons to their areas started on Monday in southeastern Paktia province, the Refugee Affairs Department said. Paktia refugee affairs director Sabargul Mukhlis told Pajhwok the displaced families, numbering in hundreds, had been relocated to…
A narcotics producing factory has been destroyed in the Sayed Karam district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Wednesday. Police spokesman Mohammad Al-Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News that a drug producing factory was found and destroyed…
People have expressed happiness over the reopening of girls’ schools above sixth grade in southeastern Paktia province, urging the government to let females return to classes all across the country. Since March, girls’ schools above sixth grade have…
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday said it was not yet known on whose orders and under what conditions girls' schools above sixth grade were opened in southeastern Paktia province. Paktia Information and Culture…
Police on Tuesday said they arrested 518 people for committing different crimes during the past one year in southeastern Paktia province and 47 others are on the run. Police spokesman Mohammad Al-Badari told a press conference here that…
Bee keepers in southeastern Paktia province say recent rains badly affected their business and the honey production would be less this year compared to the previous year. They say the heavy rains not only killed many bees but…
Continued rainfall and the existence of contaminated water ponds caused 6,000 people to suffer from diarrhea in the southeastern Paktia province in the past three months, an official said on Monday.
Four newly-built health centers have been put into service in Gardez city and three districts of southeastern Paktia province, officials say. These heath facilities are built in remote areas where residents had no access to health services, the…
Recent floods destroyed 70 percent of the agricultural land in southeastern Paktia province besides sweeping away hundreds of houses, local officials said on Tuesday. Maulvi Abdul Rauf Saeed, Paktia agriculture director, told a press conference here that the…
Nearly 1,000 cows have died from a lumpy skin disease in southeastern Paktia province recently, an official said on Thursday.
Four people, including a child, were killed in yesterday’s flooding that devastated roads in southeastern Paktia province, the provincial Department of Information and Culture says. In a statement, the Information and Culture department said three members of a…
Three butchers have been arrested for selling the meat of dead animals to unsuspecting customers. Police spokesman Mohammad Albadri told Pajhwok Afghan News that security personnel arrested the butchers in Dawlatzai area in limits of 3rd police district…
Hundreds of families who recently returned from Pakistan to southeastern Paktia province say the government should help rebuild their houses besides providing them with facilities in areas of education and health. The families numbering about 800 returned to…
The Ministry of Water and Power has launched a survey to construct nearly a dozen small dams in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Sunday. Engineer Mohammad Akram Paktinyar, head of the survey team, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The residents of Chamkani and Janikhel districts of southeastern Paktia province have asked the government to reconstruct the highway between the two towns as its rundown condition has created many problems for them. The 32-km long road connects…
Two Kalashnikov assault rifles, 13 pistols and a quantity of ammunition brought from Pakistan have been seized in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, the intelligence department said on Friday. The intelligence department said on Twitter that…
At least 100 weapons and 20 vehicles have been seized during a house-to-house search operation in southeastern Paktia province. The clearing operation was launched in Gardez City and neighboring areas around one month ago. Police spokesman Omar-ul-Badri told…
A number of university students in southeastern Paktia province called the hijab a national and religious value of Afghan women and supported the government's decision in this regard. Some time ago, the government announced a new dress code…
Commercial land measuring 32.5 acres has been wrested back from its illegal occupants in Chamkani district of southeastern Paktia province, an official said. Markets and trade centers have been established on the land situated north of the district…
