About 300 women have been provided with work opportunities in northern Samangan province, the dried fruit trader association says. Abdul Khaliq, head of the t association, said more than 300 poor women worked in the processing of almonds.…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show average wage of masons and laborers decreased by 30 percent in Kabul and work opportunities dropped by 57 percent compared to the beginning of the current solar year.
The Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department of northern Takhar province says that 4,090 people have been recruited in the Work for Food program in Kulfgan district of the province. SamiullahSamim, spokesman of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department, told…
Local officials in northwestern Faryab province have announced the launch of a ‘Work for Food’ program that would be implemented in three phases in 15 days in Qurghan district of the province. MulaviTajuddinOmari, the district chief of Qurghan,…
A number of women in western Herat province ask the government leadership to provide females the opportunity to again work in government organs. FareshtahIshaqozi is one of the women of Herat province who has been advocating for…
In Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, a woman has set up a garment centre where she sells clothes and other women learn tailoring skill. She told Pajhwok Afghan News that this centre was created for women…
Officials of Agriculture and Livestock Department of central Logar province on Monday said they had provided work opportunity for more than 300 people suffering from economic issues. Mualvi Syed Amin, Logar agriculture director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
A blind man, who works at three different places in the capital of northern Jawzjan province, has been supporting his 12-member family. Qari Musawir Shuja, who lost his eyesight many years ago, is a young director of the…
Cleansing of canals has begun in central Uruzgan province, with workers being given Indian-aided wheat in return for work. Cleaning of canals has been started by the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock and laborers are given wheat…
Women rallied in Kabul on Thursday for resolving people’s economic problems and allowing women’s participation in politics. Dozens of women and girls from "Women's Spontaneous Movement" protested in front of Shahr-i-Naw Park, chanting "save Afghanistan from a humanitarian…
Turkmenistan president has said that it expects the new Afghan administration would have a peaceful policy, assuring his country is ready to work with the Afghan caretaker government. Turkmen president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, during an interview with TASS news…
The Afghan embassy in Switzerland has posted on its Facebook page that some leaders of the Ghani government are continuing to work as a government from abroad, but many condemned the move and Mujahid said it does not…
Before the fall of the previous government, 46 percent of daily wagers would get work daily, but now the number has plummeted to four percent, A Pajhwok Afghan News survey. The Taliban, who took over Kabul on August…
The residents of southeastern Paktia province say the provincial industrial park was inaugurated by the president three years ago, but practical work on it has not been started so far. President Ashraf Ghani during a trip to Gardez,…
Hundreds of people including women have been provided with work opportunities in southern Helmand province by the agriculture department and the World Food Program (WFP), officials say. Zalmai Alko, Helmand agriculture director, told a meeting in Lashkargah, the…
Findings by Pajhwok show 95 percent initial work on Dahan Dara Dam in northwestern Faryab province has been completed in four years, but practical work on the mega scheme yet to start. On the other hand, the company…
KABUL Exhibition -- a direct link creating an opportunity for direct communication between the human resource and prospective employers -- is set to begin tomorrow (Monday). Spogmai Sayam, an official of the Future Plan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the three-day…
