Category: Soceity

Paktia residents faced with depleting water table

GARDEZ (SW) – A number of residents of Paktia say that due to the lowering of the water level, all the wells in the area

Local media in Samangan facing existential crisis

QALA-E-NAU (SW) – Multiple factors have forced the local media in Samangan prove to face a grim existential crisis. Officials and employees of a number

Malnutrition on the rise in Jawzjan

SHEBERGHAN (SW) – Officials at the Afghan-Turk children’s hospital in Jawzjan say that the number of malnourished children in this province has increased by 20

International sanctions blamed for poverty and hunger

KABUL (SW) – Abdulrahman Habib, the spokesman of the Ministry of Economy, says that although the government is trying to improve the economic situation of

10,000 public sector jobs up for grabs

KABUL (SW) – Officials at the General Directorate of the Administration of Affairs say that during the current lunar year, 10,000 vacancies in the Ministries

Deputy minister charges INGOs for alleged looting

KABUL (SW) – The deputy minister of youth affairs at the Ministry of Information and Culture says that international non-government organizations have come to Afghanistan to

Anemia on the rise among women in Takhar

KABUL (SW) – A number of health officials in some clinics in Takhar say that in the past year, anemia has increased among women, especially

Persistent violence against women dubbed destructive for future generations

KABUL (SW) – A number of sociologists and psychologists call the result of the Salam Watandar survey on women facing violence as shocking and say

Stanekzai reiterates support for girls’ education

KABUL (SW) – The political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the current government of the Islamic Emirate must establish justice for

Only one devastated school in Nahr-e-Seraj

LASHKARGAH (SW) – The residents of Helmand’s Nahar-e-Seraj district say that there is only one school in the district whose building was destroyed during the

Journalists in Paktika reaching out to needy via ‘Khabarial Welfare Foundation’

SHARANA (SW) – Although journalists in the country are facing many economic and other problems, the local journalists of Paktika have established ‘Khabarial Welfare Foundation