Hundreds of people have been infected with cholera disease in earthquake-hit areas of southeastern Paktika province due to consumption of contaminated water and food, health officials say. Dr. Mohammad Yahya Wiar, head of the 150-bed civil hospital in…
Flash floods destroyed crops, especially wheat, on hundreds of acres of land in 10 districts of southeastern Paktika province besides submerging people's houses in some areas. The floods emerged in Matakhan, Sara Roza, Orgun, Nika, Yahyakhel, Yusufkhel, Khairkot,…
One person died and five others were injured in a gas cylinder explosion in the Surobi district of southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, director of information and culture, said the incident took…
Following the earthquake in Paktika province, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) distributes aid packages including In-kind Food Baskets, Non-Food Items, Hygiene Items, and Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance to 500 affected families worth a total of 25 million Afghanis after a rapid assessment at the scene.
Medical and humanitarian aid has reached the survivors of the recent earthquake in southeastern Paktika province and the government plans to do basic things to bring the life back to normal in the affected areas, the governor said…
At least 2,500 people suffered causalities and about 3,000 houses were destroyed in the overnight earthquake in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Thursday. Dr. HekmatullahIsmat, director of public heath department, told Pajhwok Afghan News information they…
The education department of southeastern Paktika province has found 700 ghost posts during an assessment. The posts existed only on papers and the salaries went to private pockets, said education director Maulvi Mirza Ali Khan. He told Pajhwok…
Thirty-two women on Tuesday graduated from a two-year midwifery training in Sharana, the capital of southeastern Paktika province, and received their graduation certificates. Dr. Mohammad Usman Sadat, technical officer at the Organization for Health Promotion and Management (OHPM),…
The government has been unable to provide regular electricity to southeastern Paktika province for years, complain residents, shopkeepers and traders, saying the issue has made people’s daily life difficult. They demanded that the government provide the province with…
Residents of southeastern Paktika province say there are talented players of various games, but they lack suitable playgrounds and venues. Due to lack of proper playgrounds, players of cricket, volleyball, football, javelin throw and other sports play on…
Residents of southeastern Paktika province complain about poor telecommunication services in the province, saying the situation has affected their lives. They say half of the 24 districts of the province are without telecom coverage while there are poor…
SHARAN (PAN): Local officials in southeastern Paktika province on Saturday said a girl was rescued from her kidnappers in the province. Paktika deputy police chief Mullah Javed Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the girl was kidnapped from Toda Chin…
Security forces rescued an eight-year-old boy from his kidnappers in southeastern Paktika province, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. On its twitter page, the Interior Ministry, without elaborating, said the child was rescued during a series of operations…
Above 2000 acres of state land has been wrested back from illegal occupants in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday. Justice department director Mualvi Hayatullah Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News that the campaign to reclaim usurped…
After Kabul and Balkh provinces, religious scholars and tribal elders in southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday urged the Taliban government to reopen all girls' schools. Dozens of religious scholars and tribal elders attended a meeting in Sharana, the…
Residents of southeastern Paktika province say parts of roads between districts and the provincial capital, Sharan, which have been damaged during conflicts and by rains should be repaired. Jumaddin, a resident of Mata Khan district of Paktika, told…
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided a PCR machine worth $150,000 to provincial hospital of southeastern Paktika province. Dr. IsmatullahHikmat, director of public health, told Pajhwok Afghan News with the machine availability patients do not need to go…
Residents of the Tarwa district of southeastern Paktika province complain about the lack of access to health services. Inhabitants grumble they have to take their patients to the provincial capital, 100 kilometres from the district centre, for medical…
The family of two murdered women (mother and daughter) in southeastern Paktika province has asked the government to find perpetrators of the incident and bring them to justice. Four days ago, a mother and her daughter found dead…
Residents of Ibrahim Karez village in Mata Khan district of southeastern Paktika province are urging the government to rebuild their homes destroyed by US airstrikes. Mohammad Barat, a resident of the village, told Pajhwok that the government should…
Residents of some Paktika districts complain of the non-availability of telecommunication services. Due to lack of telecommunication facilities, inhabitants grumble about facing hardship in their daily lives. Mohammad Alam, a tribal elder from Wazikhwa district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Residents of Tarwa district of southeastern Paktika province say that schools in the district have been closed for the past 20 years and teachers' salaries in the district ended up in personal pockets. The routes of Tarwa district,…
The governor of southeastern Paktika province on Saturday asked shopkeepers to use only the Afghan currency in their daily transactions. Governor Maulvi Abdullah Mukhtar, during a visit to Sharana today, said the government had drawn up a plan…
Residents of the Khoshamand district of southeastern Paktika province say the drought has hit them hard and they are in dire need of deep wells for drinking water and other emergency assistance. Meanwhile, officials in the province say…
