Local officials in northeastern Takhar province say more than 800 people have been hired to work in exchange for food. Takhar governor's spokesman Khan Zarin Minhaj told Pajhwok Afghan News that the program was launched in coordination with…
In Laghman, 8 people were provided with jobs in exchange for wheat MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): The municipality in eastern Laghman province has recruited 250 local people to clean NahrSaraj Canal against wheat instead of cash. Haji Abdul Latif, deputy Mehtarlam mayor,…
Dozens of Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) employees on Monday staged a protest in Kabul over non-payment of their salaries. One of the protesters, Saleem, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they had not received their salaries for the…
Dozens of workers of some organizations, who worked in the National Food Program during former president Ashraf Ghani’s administration, protested for not being paid. The protestors included around 100 workers of Afghanistan Development Association (ADA), Sanayee Development Organization…
Health workers in northwestern Faryab province complain they have not been paid their salaries for the last five months. If the issue is not addressed, they have warned of quitting their jobs. They also expressed concern over the…
The Ministry of Information and Culture on Tuesday said that the government was preparing a policy for safety of female students of high school and women workers would soon return to their jobs. Currently girls of only primary…
Local officials on Sunday said 200 people including school watchmen, teachers and other low level government servants in northern Sar-i-Pul province received 50 kilograms of wheat each. Omar Sarpuli, head of information and culture department of Sar-i-Pul province,…
Kuwait-based Afghan workers who have arrived home about a year ago say they are not allowed to travel back to the gulf country due to coronavirus. They say Kuwaiti officials had told them that they would be…
A number of former employees of the European Union (EU) in a protest gathering in capital Kabul on Thursday expressed concern over what they said threat to their lives and demanded asylum in one of the union’s member…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says around 115,000 health workers died from Covid-19 infection worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic. TedrosAdhanom, director general of WHO while addressing the organization’s assembly on Monday said that the meeting would…
Workers of a number of Covid-19 response hospitals are complaining about not receiving their salaries for months and have warned to leave their jobs during the third wave of the virus if their problem is not resolved. Pajhwok…
Shurabak Hydroelectric Dam workers in northeastern Badakhshan province have gone on strike over not receiving their salaries for the last five months, warning not to return to their job until their wages are paid. This comes as 98…
JALALABAD (Pajwhok): Family members and collogues of slain female workers in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday called for arrest and punishment of those involved in their assassination. On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen shot dead three female workers of a private television…
A number of people, who extract rocks in central Diakundi province, on Thursday complained police beat, insulted and stopped them from work. However, local officials say these people should take permission for extracting or selling rocks from the…
Participants of a ceremony marking International Labor Day in Kabul on Wednesday asked the government take practical steps for finding solution to the increasing unemployment. May 1 is marked as International Labor Day worldwide. Marufi Qaderi, head of…
KABUL) has identified its employees accused of corruption at different levels and pledged to dismiss them if found guilty. IEC Secretary Habib Rahman Nang during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News said that weak administration by the previous election…
CHARIKAR)’s contract-based workers staged a protest rally in central Parwan province on Saturday against non-payment of their salaries. The protestors said the IEC has not yet paid salaries of 400 contract-based workers who performed duty in districts. They said most…
At least four road construction company workers were killed by unidentified armed men in Shindand district of western Herat province on Saturday, officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Abdul Ahad Walizada, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a number…
KABUL. Farida Nikzad, head of Protection of Afghan Women Journalist (CPAWJ), expressed shared the information during a press conference in Kabul on Saturday. She said that the survey which was conducted in collaboration of Reporters without Borders (RSF) in 34…
Insurgents on Monday abducted five workers of Shiberghan municipality in northern Jawzjan province, police said on Monday. Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi, Jawzjan deputy police chief, said investigations had been launched to divulge who was behind the abduction. He…
