Takhar, Badakhshan flooding leaves 23 dead
At least 23 people have been killed and 14 others wounded as a result of flash floods in northern Takhar and Badakhshan provinces.
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2 including robber killed in separate incidents
Two individuals have been killed in separate incidents in northern Takhar and southern Ghazni provinces.
3 of a family die in Takhar gas asphyxiation
Three members of a family died from gas asphyxiation in northern Takhar province, police said, but residents put the death toll at six. Police spokesman Mubin Safai told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in a house where…
Over 200 crime suspects arrested in Takhar
Police have arrested 206 alleged criminals during the past two and a half months in northern Takhar province, an official said on Tuesday. Police chief Muwlavi Ziaul Haq Hamid told media that the Crime Branch police personnel had…
Takhar youth employs dozens of women in carpet factory
A youth has founded a carpet weaving factory in northern Takhar province and has hired 40 female weavers. The factory founder Hamid Qarluq told Pajhwok Afghan News he started the factory six months ago to strengthen the handicraft…
Takhar: Plots distribution to victims of natural disasters starts
The distribution of land plots to 147 families who lost their houses due to natural disasters has been started in Dashti Qala district in a residential scheme. Each family will be offered 0.75 acre of land to build…
Takhar’s Kalafghan residents suffer from genetic illnesses
Residents of Kalafghan district of northern Takhar province say children from consanguineous marriages born with genetic diseases. Rajab Ali, 64, a resident of Sarqaroq area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that he married his cousin nearly 50 years ago…
Takhar man builds gymnasium to address athletes’ problems
Following complaints of athletes about lack of a suitable sports place in norther Takhar province, a young man has built a sports gymnasium by spending seven million afghanis. Zabihullah Rahimi, owner of the gymnasium, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Takhar laborers say wait for days to find work
Daily wagers in northern Takhar province say they wait for days in Taloqan city, the provincial capital, to find work, but return homes empty-handed. These laborers complain their economic situation has worsened and ask the government to provide…
Stray dogs’ elimination campaign launched in Takhar
The municipality of northern Takhar province has launched a three-day campaign to eliminate stray dogs after multiple rabid dogs’ bites incidents Doctor Sultan Mahmood, the head of Environment Protection Authority, told Pajhwok Afghan News after e growing concerns…
Takhar residents want faulty solar streetlights fixed
Residents of Taloqan, the capital of northern Takhar province, say solar streetlights installed in 15 streets of the city two years ago have been out order. Enayatullah, a resident of Taloqan city, told Pajhwok Afghan News that two…
Foundation stone of girls’ school building laid in Takhar
The foundation stone of a building for a girls’ school has been laid in Bolak Warta Buz area of Taloqan city, the capital of northern Takhar province, by a businessman, officials said on Sunday. Maulavi Hizbullah Mubasher, the…
Mysterious murders: Takhar residents urge increased security
Some residents of northern Takhar province say increasing insecurity and cases of mysterious murders have worried them, but security officials assure of efforts to control crimes. Abdul Sami Khawri, a resident of the provincial capital Taloqan, told Pajhwok…
Takhar residents urge govt to support small entrepreneurs
A young man in northern Takhar province has provided employment to another 15 youths by investing 500,000 afghanis. Syedal Pirzada has established a café selling dried fruit juices in Taloqan city with the aim to create employment opportunities.…
‘Specialist physicians’ presence nominal in Takhar hospitals’
Some private hospitals in northern Takhar province have started deceiving common people by advertising the names of famous specialist physicians as if they are working in these hospitals while in reality they are not present.
Takhar residents face diseases due to lack of potable water
A number of residents of Qalbars area of Taloqan, the capital of northern Takhar province, say they have long been lacking access to clean drinking water and consuming contaminated water that has caused them various diseases. Abdul Razzaq,…
Eidul Adha: Celebratory firing banned in Takhar
Security officials in northern Takhar province say they have put in place tight security measures for Eid holidays and also warn of punishing civilian or military person resorting to celebratory firing. Takhar police chief Maulvi Nasrullah Huzaifah said…
5 water supply projects being executed in Takhar
Construction work has been launched on five water supply projects worth more than 24 million afghanis in northern Takhar province to provide clean drinking water to 15,000 people. Mullah Azmat Noor Mohammad, director of rural rehabilitation and development,…
Takhar youth claim govt jobs being offered based on kinship
Some educated youth in northern Takhar province have expressed their concern over what they claim increasing appointments in government offices based on “special orders.” The youths ask the caretaker government to give government jobs through open competitions in…
Medicine prescriptions in cipher lead to difficulties: Takharis
A number of residents of northern Takhar province complain about cipher-based prescription of medicines by doctors of private hospitals, saying the encoding is aimed to fleece patients. They say the prices of medicines written in unique codes are…
Takhar farmers: Our fruit harvests spoil due to lack of cold storages
Farmers in northern Takhar province say their agricultural products are either decayed or sold at low prices due to the lack of standard cold storage facilities and impassable roads. Haji Sayed Jamal, an orchard owner in Warsaj district,…
