One individual was killed and 19 others were wounded as a passenger-bus overturned on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Shahr-i-Safadistrict of southern Zabul province on Sunday. Police spokesman Zabihullah Johar told Pajhwok Afghan News a 404-typepassenger bus flipped…
A clinic built by the Red Crescent Society to provide free treatment to patients was opened in Shahjoy district of southern Zabul province The society wrote in a tweet on Monday that a sub-clinic was built in the…
Construction work on a water supply project has been completed and put into service in Shinkai district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Monday. Maulvi Hikmatullah Rahbar, director of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Department, told Pajhwok…
A 12-kilometer cycling race involving 30 participants was held in Qalat, the provincial capital of southern Zabul province, on Monday. Ahmad Ghulami, head of sport and physical education, told Pajhwok Afghan News the race started from Katli area…
A new private radio called “Pegham” has started broadcasting in Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province. Owner of the radio station, Rohullah Hakimi, said at the radio’s launch ceremony that he activated the Pegham (message) radio station…
Reconstruction work on seven school buildings in Qalat city, Shahjoy, Mizan and Shinkai districts of southern Zabul province has been completed at a cost of $70,000. Maulvi Mohammad Nasim Nasir, provincial Education Department head, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A 14-year-old boy has been burnt after being killed and a suspect detained in connection with in the Nawbahar district of southern Zabul province, police official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Zabihullah Jawhar told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Religious scholars should work for the sustainability and strengthening of the current regime and should not allow the system to collapse, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Monday. Muttaqi, who travelled to southern Zabul province, addressed…
A moneychanger has been killed mysteriously in the Shah Joy district of southern Zabul province, an official said on Wednesday Police spokesman Zabihullah Jawhar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the moneychanger Faiz Mohammad aka Haji Zabit had gone…
In a fresh move, the Information and Culture Department of southern Zabul province has identified and registered 18 heritage sites in the provincial capital and some districts. Abdul Wali Basharmal, culture and tourism section head at the department,…
Residents of southern Zabul province have strongly reacted to a 30 afghanis increase in meat and mutton prices amid extreme poverty, asking the municipality to rein in the price hike. However, the mayor of Qalat, the provincial capital,…
Thousands of needy people are being provided with work opportunity against a monthly salary in southern Zabul province with the help of the World Food Program (WFP), officials said on Tuesday. Qalat municipality officials say a total of…
Coronavirus cases are on the increase in southern Zabul province with the advent of winter and due to people’s carelessness, officials of the Covid-19 hospital in Qalat, the provincial capital, say. The Covid-19 hospital head, Dr. Anwaruddin Himmat,…
Twenty-seven people including women after being convicted of various crimes by courts were publicly flogged in southern Helmand and Zabul provinces. Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Riaz, Deputy Director of Information and Culture Department of Helmand province, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The number of mad dogs has increased in southern Zabul province as at least 80 people were bitten in the past one month and two of them lost their lives, officials say. Public health director Dr. Abdul Hakim…
Thousands of farmers are being distributed improved wheat seed and chemical fertilizer in southern Zabul province. Provided by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the assistance is being distributed to 7000 farmers by the Afghan Development…
Two workers have been killed and a third injured as a result of rockslide in southern Zabul province, an official said on Wednesday. The incident happened in a chromite mine in Shahr-i-Safa district on Tuesday night, police spokesman…
Built by UNHCR, a health center was opened in Qalat, the capital of southern Zabul province, on Tuesday. Zabul public health director Dr. Abdul Hakim Hakimi told Pajhwok the facility was built on 2,500 square meters of land…
Thousands of people have been infected with diarrhea in southern Zabul province due to lack of access to clean drinking water, public health officials say. Since last three and a half months, more than 23,000 people were infected…
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is rapidly spreading in southern Zabul province and has infected about 3000 cows and killed 480 cows so far, residents say. The contagious viral disease has spread across the province but Shamolzai, Atghar and…
The number of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) has increased by 25 percent in southern Zabul province amid absence of a special hospital for treatment of the epidemic disease. Dr. Javed Asmati, tuberculosis treatment department at the Public…
