Around 21,000 people monthly visit the provincial civil hospital in central Parwan province for treatment of infectious diseases amid increasing complaints about contaminated water supply to residences in the provincial capital, Charikar. People in Charikar due to lack…
The Taliban have banned farmers from irrigation water in the Yaftal Payeen district of northeastern Badakhshan province, leaving crops on more than 5,000 acres of land parched. Imam Ali Hamdami, the district’s administrative chief, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan…
Water wells in many areas of southeastern Paktika province have run dry due to what residents believe the abundance of solar-powered water pumps for irrigation. A resident of Argun district, Roman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that many people…
A number of government departments and powerful individuals owe millions of afghanis to the water supply department in northern Kunduz province, an official said Sunday. Farid Gul Sakhizada, the water and canalization department acting director, told Pajhwok…
A number of residents of Pashtoon Kot district and Maimana have accused a former jihadi commander, also father of the Faryab provincial council head, has deprived them of irrigation and drinking water. Hundreds of enraged people from Maimana…
KABUL and Livestock on Tuesday expressed his concern over water management and said currently 45 percent of the country’s rivers’ water was being wasted before reaching crops. Asadullah Zamir, addressing a conference marking the International Water Day, recent photos captured…
With the population reaching about 4.5 million people in capital Kabul, half of them still have no access to potable water. A report by Pajhwok Afghan News about access to clean water was based on statistics obtained from…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
HERAT CITY (PAN): Seven police guards were killed on Tuesday by a powerful roadside bombing that ripped through their vehicle in the Chasht-i-Sharif district of western Herat province, an official said. The public protection force officers, who were guards of…
KABUL, the BBC reported on Friday. In March 2012, the insurgent movement suspended secret negotiations, calling the US erratic and vague. The Taliban also blasted the Americans for making inordinate demands. A report on the BBC website quoted an unnamed…
HERAT CITY (PAN): At least three people died and four others sustained injuries as flash floods unleashed by heavy rains hit 15 districts in western Herat and Badghis provinces, officials said on Sunday. Floodwaters inundated many parts of Herat City,…
KABUL (PAN): Mohmmad Abas Karimi, 16, with amputated upper limbs swimmer, during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News in Kabul. By: Obaidullah Hussam and Ataullah khpulwok
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A clean drinking water supply project benefitting nearly 44,000 families in 178 villages of northern Jawzjan province has been completed, an official said on Wednesday. The project, which was inaugurated on Wednesday by officials of the Ministry ofRural…
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A clean drinking water supply project benefitting nearly 44,000 families in 178 villages of northern Jawzjan province has been completed, an official said on Wednesday. The project, which was inaugurated on Wednesday by officials of the Ministry ofRural…
AIBAK (PAN): Hundreds of water filters were distributed to people in five villages of a district in northern Samangan province, officials said on Saturday. The 700 filters provided by the Afghan Aid Organization were distributed to about 700 families in…
