JALALABAD (PAN): NATO-led troops detained 22 people, including a school principal and students, during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): Over 70 students of the Sultan Razi High School in Kabul were poisoned and shifted to various health facilities on Wednesday, an official said.
GHAZNI (PAN): Teachers in 55 schools in southern Ghazni province on Tuesday announced an indefinite boycott of classes in protest against non-distribution of land plots promised to them four years ago under a residential scheme.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Construction work on a mega technical and vocational institute was launched in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Tuesday, a senior education official said.
KABUL (PAN): The United Kingdom on Wednesday agreed to provide the Afghan government £47 million ($68m) over the next three years for improved girls’ education.
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Schoolteachers in central Logar province say they have been waiting over the past three years for allotment of land plots under a township programme.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Economy on Sunday banned 140 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for failing to abide by the prescribed rules and regulations, an official said.
