Category: SOCIETY & CULTURE

Outdated customs making Uruzgan youth suffer

TARIN KOT (SW) – A number of young people in Uruzgan say that they have been waiting for years to pay for their wedding expenses

Bee breeders in Paktia struggling to sell honey

GARDEZ (SW) – A number of bee breeders in Paktia say that they put a lot of effort into breeding bees, but there is no suitable

Parwan residents struggling with leishmania

CHARIKAR (SW) – Residents of Parwan say that the number of leishmania patients has increased in this province and they do not have access to

Afghanistan, Pakistan consult on refugees repatriation

KABUL (SW) – Officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan have met to facilitate the repatriation of the refugees. Afghan officials from the Spinboldak pass and Pakistan’s

Samangan residents demand preservation of an historic mosque

SAMANGAN (SW) – The grand mosque and Khanqah of Hazrat Khalifa Dar al-Aman, which is more than 150 years old, is located in “Deh Asal”

Recurring earthquakes worsen Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

KABUL (SW) – The World Food Program says that the back to back earthquakes in western Afghanistan have worsened the humanitarian situation. Officials of the

Lack of water dispalces communities in Samangan

SAMANGAN (SW) – A number of locals in Samangan have been leaving their homes due to absolute dearth of clean drinking water. The village of

Drought affects sesami farmers in Sar-e-Pul

SAR-E-PUL (SW) – A number of farmers in Sar-e-Pul, who have planted sesame on an area of about 30 acres of land at a cost of

Exclusive: Rise in the number of women selling stuff on streets

KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 21 women selling stuff on roads show that in the past two years (after the establishment

Sesame oil industry faced with extinction in Faryab

MAIMANA (SW) – A number of producers of sesame oil and linseed oil in Maimana city, the center of Faryab, say that this industry is

Interview: Three conditions for the media to continue operating

KABUL (SW) – After the recent political developments in the country and the establishment of the caretaker government of the Islamic Emirate, one of the