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Lack of water causes deterioration of Laghman wheat

Hundreds of acres of land cultivated with wheat in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province is facing the risk of deterioration due to lack of water. Qari Zahidullah Fateh, administrative chief for Alingar district, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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Kapisa schools need 1,338 more teachers

Education officials of central Kapisa province say that there is a shortage of 1,338 school teachers in the province. Mohammad Javed Forotan, in charge of evaluation at Education Department of Kapisa, talking at the opening ceremony of…

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Cash shortage: UN to send nearly $20m a week to DAB

Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) says the United Nations will send about $20 million a week to Afghanistan until the end of March 2022 to address the shortage of cash in the country. A source close to Da Afghanistan…

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Ghazni hospital faced with a whole host of problems

The Ghazni Zonal Hospital is faced with a whole host of problems, including the shortage of medicine, fuel, electricity, food and other essential items. Hospital Director Ajab Khan Hamidi told Pajhwok Afghan News that all medicines were…

UN food stock in Afghanistan may run out this month

The United Nations food stocks in Afghanistan may run out this month, a senior official warns, seeking support for the vulnerable Afghans. At least $200 million were needed only for food to ensure delivering essential items to the…

Power shortage irks Farah residents in hot weather

The residents of this capital city of western Farah province complain they avail access to only one hour electricity in 24 hours since two months in temperature reaching 50 Celsius. Districts of the province have no electricity…

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Jawzjanis complain about shocking rise in oxygen prices

Residents of northern Jawzjan province complain about high prices of compressed oxygen while doctors in the Covid-19 Response Center in the provincial capital are concerned about shortage of the element and warn of a possible disaster if people…

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Zaranj faces water scarcity despite $21m supply network

Residents of this capital city of southwestern Nimroz province say a $21.5 million water supply network has failed because 35 percent of the city inhabitants still lack access to clean drinking water. They say former president Hamid Karzai…

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Ghazni students complain of trained teachers’ shortage

School students in southern Ghazni province complain they are faced with a shortage of professional teachers, an issue that has not received due attention from the relevant quarters. A provincial council member, Hamidullah Sarwari, told Pajhwok Afghan…