As many as 820 men and 180 women have been employed in Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province under the food for work program. The men and women will be given food items each month for nine…
Work on a United Arab Emirates (UAE) funded health centre in the Dihraud district of central Uruzgan province has been completed. This health center has been built at the cost of 12 million afs on 2,000 square meters…
Residents of central Uruzgan province are concerned about the activities of fake faith healers who not only take money from people under various pretexts but also create disputes within families. Most of Uruzgan people are illiterate and can…
Residents of central Uruzgan province are complaining about growing unemployment and say they face severe economic problems and hunger. Most Uruzgan residents are illiterate and they earn money through labor work which has currently declined to almost zero.…
A mentally sick person shot dead two security personnel and injured two civilians as they tried to capture him in Khas Uruzgan district of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday. Qari Aghawali Qureshi, Director of Information and Culture of…
A family in central Uruzgan province, whose all children are disabled, is facing serious economic crisis and seeks government’s assistance. The impoverished family lives in a rented house in Safar-i-Kariz area of Tirinkot. Five children of the family…
The MOVE Welfare Organization has provided health care equipment worth 30 million afs to 400 volunteer health teams in central Uruzgan province.
Water and Energy Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor on Saturday said the government wanted to execute large projects using domestic revenues and with support of traders. Mansoor made the remarks during a visit to Chinarto district of central Uruzgan…
The fate of 55 half-completed development projects under the Public Partnership Programme (PPP) in central Uruzgan province remains uncertain, an official said on Tuesday. The programme was being implemented in coordination with village councils smoothly. But it suffered…
Flash flood swept away a vehicle in the Gezab district of central Uruzgan province, killing five people, an official said on Thursday. Governor’s spokesman Mualvi Pohanyar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the vehicle, in which five shopkeepers were…
Two children have been killed as a result of Exclusive Remnant of War (ERW) blast in the Khas Khas Uruzagan district of central Uruzgan province, security officials said on Monday.
After 15 years of closure, the Red Crescent office has reopened in central Uruzgan province, an official said. Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, deputy director of Red Crescent in the country, hoped health problems of the province would be resolved…
Security forces have arrested a local radio journalist five days ago in central Uruzgan province, colleagues and family members said on Saturday. The Association of Independent Journalists in a press release said Shamsullah Shams, who works with Salam…
Overnight flash flooding killed eight people, including women and children, in the Gezab district of central Uruzgan province, officials said on Friday. The dead including two women and three children were members of two families, Qari Saeed, a…
A journalist was among 67 prisoners released from jail in central Uruzgan province while 128 drug addicts released from jail after their treatment in southern Zabul province and reunited with their families. Uruzgan police chief Mullah Abdullah Bashir…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has sent an 11-member team to central Uruzgan province to bring reforms to the police force there.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says it is rebuilding the military institutions that have been destroyed in conflict in central Uruzgan province. A delegation from the MoI that recently traveled to the province said the purpose of their…
Agriculture officials in central Uruzgan province report an eight percent decease in wheat yield this year mainly due to drought, cultivation of poppy and not providing farmers with timely improved seed and fertilizer. Farmers cultivate large swaths of…
A 10-year-old boy was injured while playing with friends in the Chora district of central Uruzgan province and died on the way to hospital. According to the Uruzgan Department of Information and Culture, the incident took place in…
One person was killed and another injured during an armed clash between two rival families in the Dehrawud district of central Uruzgan province, police said on Friday. Dehrawud district police chief Haji Bashir told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The process to persuade former officials to return to their homes has been expedited in central Uruzgan province. The process involves the governor's office, Amr Bil Maroof department and tribal elders of the province. Mohammad Asif, director of…
Shopkeepers, traders and money changers in central Uruzgan province say they are forced to do all transactions in the Pakistani rupee due to the shortage of afghanis in the province. They made the remarks at a meeting organized…
Farmers and orchard owners in the Dehrawood district of central Uruzgan province complain of a water shortage, fearing their crops could go dry. Tens of growers from the district reached the Governor’s House in Tirinkot to register their…
The education department of central Uruzgan province on Wednesday announced reopening 32 schools that had been closed due to conflicts or their buildings had been damaged. The schools were closed due to insecurity in the provincial capital, Tirinkot,…
