The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) will construct buildings for seven schools in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. UNICEF provincial director Dr. Ahmad Fawad, who met deputy governor Mullah Bari Gul, said they…
After a Pajhwok Afghan News report, reconstruction work has been launched on a damaged portion of the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway, local officials in central Urugan province said Tuesday. Pajhwok Afghan News published a report about the deteriorated condition of…
A newly formed committee tasked with preventing arbitrarily digging of deep wells in central Uruzgan province held its maiden meeting on Thursday. The provincial governor chaired the meeting of the meeting tasked with preventing arbitrarily digging of deep…
The last four months saw security forces seizing nearly 90,000kg of drugs and arresting 84 people in central Uruzgan province, a police official said on Monday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani said counter-narcotics forces seized and set alight 85,142kg…
Counter-narcotics department officials discovered an ephedra processing factory and seized 920kg of the plant used in making drugs in central Uruzgan province, police said Wednesday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani said the ephedra processing factory was found in Katasar…
Security forces have destroyed two drugs producing factories in Chaharchino district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani said anti-narcotics police destroyed the factories during an operation in Gorgin area of the…
A committee has been formed to evaluate educational documents of health workers and refer holders of fake testimonials to judicial organs in central Uruzgan province.
About 70 schools and religious seminaries have been damaged in recent rain-induced flash floods in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. Education Director Maulvi Shamsullah Kamran said the recent floods damaged 33 schools and 37 seminaries…
At least six people, including children, have been killed and three others wounded in flash floods and roof collapse incident in central Uruzgan and southern Helmand provinces, officials said on Saturday.
Residents of central Uruzgan province during a meeting with the provincial governor said the government should reconstruct development projects damaged in recent flash floods. They called on Governor Maulvi Inayatullah Shuja. Mohammad Ibrahim, an inhabitant Safidkhar area of…
TIRINKOT (Pawjhok): Security forces have arrested six people for illegal hunting birds in central Uruzgan province, police said on Saturday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the six men were hunting birds in mountains in Shali Navi…
Fifty homes and shops have been damaged as a result of the past two-day continued rainfall in southern Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday.
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has provided medicines and medical equipment worth 85,000 US dollars for 64 health centers in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. Public Health Director Dr. Mohammadullah Rohani said…
The municipality in Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, has closed dozens of shops over charging excessive prices during Ramadan. Tarinkot mayor Qari Hidayatullah Hidayat told Pajhwok the price control and monitoring committee of the municipality had…
Telecommunication and Information Technology Department officials in central Uruzgan province say they have installed 142 new telecom sites to extend telecom services in the province this solar year that ends on March 21. Provincial telecommunication and IT director Maulvi…
Heavy snowfall has clogged the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway in central Uruzgan province, leaving stranded passengers, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Bilal Uruzgani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Uruzgan-Kandahar highway was closed in Gardi Nigaw area of Shah Walikot…
Security forces in central Uruzgan province have arrested a person named Abdul Mateen for deceiving people by impersonating as representative of the IEA leadership.
The Public Health Department in central Uruzgan province says the province is provided less health services looking to its 1.5 million populations. Public health director Dr Mohammadullah Rohani said the population of Uruzgan according to micro survey had…
A number of farmers in central Uruzgan province are concerned about the ongoing drought and ask the government to construct the Agha Jan dam in Chinatu district of the province. Ismatullah, a farmer in Tirinkot, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Police in central Uruzgan province have arrested two persons from a workshop where they modified stolen bikes. Deputy head of the first police district of Tirinkot city Haji Madad said the detainees were involving in repainting and replacing…
A young man has been shot dead in Gizeb district of central Uruzgan province, police said on Tuesday. The police headquarters in a statement said the incident took place in Nidabad area of the district due to domestic…
