Bamyan residents build a road at their own expense
KABUL (SW) – Residents of Yekavalang district of Bamyan have built five kilometers of a road at their own expense. The local authorities of Bamyan
Category: Governance
Uzbekistan envoy to Kabul visits SAMO
KABUL (SW) – Yadgar Khajeh Shadmanov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Afghanistan, met Noor Mohammad Hashemi, vice president of Salam Afghanistan Media Organisation (Radio Salam Watandar) during
Disho residents hit hard by crippling droughts, lack of development
LASHKARGAH (SW) – Cripling droughts and lack of development has made life difficult for the residents of Disho district in southern Helmand province. Disho is
52% visual media houses have ceased operations
KABUL (SW) – On World Television Day, the independent media support organisation NAI has said in a statement that in the last two years, 52% of
Exclusive: Female journalists in exile faced with a grim future
ISLAMABAD (SW) – At least 17 female Afghan journalists who are now living in Iran and Pakistan, in an interview with Salam Watandar, say that
“There should be no excess in the implementation of Shariah limits”
KABUL (SW) – Azizullah Mazhari, the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, has said in a scientific-research seminar called “Implementation of Shariah Limits and Security” at
Islamic Emirate downplays concerns about returnees
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have downplayed concerns raised by aid organisations in regard to the return of hundreds of thousands of Afghan
Work begins on new housing units for earthquake victims in Herat
HERAT CITY (SW) – Work has begun on at least 730 residential units in Rabat Sangi district of Herat province for the earthquake victims, confirmed
Kabul residents facing prolonged electricity outages
KABUL (SW) – A number of Kabul residents told Salam Watandar that they do not have access to electricity during most of the working hours.
Lingering construction work at the Kabul – Kandahar highway irks commuters
KABUL (SW) – Lingering slow-paced construction work at the Kabul – Kandahar highway has made it extremely difficult for commuters. Mohammad Jamshid, a young man
Child returnees from Pakistan contracting diseases
KABUL(SW) – With the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, some of them in special camps for returnees in Kandahar and
Chickenpox spreading in Parwan, Panjshir and Kapisa
CHARIKAR (SW) – A number of villagers in Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir provinces, whose children have contracted “chickenpox”, told Salam Watandar that this disease has been
