JALALABAD (PAN): Some commuters and taxi drivers in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday accused security officials manning a check post on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway of forcing them into paying illegal money.
JALALABAD (PAN): The dome and other portions of the grave of Shah Faizullah Agha, thought to be the first Hindu who converted to Islam in eastern Nangahar province, is on the verge of destruction, officials said on Sunday.
JALALABAD (PAN): The cultivation of vegetables in the eastern province of Laghman has been increased over the past few years, an official said on Tuesday.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Residents of the southern Kandahar City have demanded the resumption of public transport buses on city routes to minimise their reliance on expensive taxi cars and motorised rickshaws.
JALALABAD (PAN): The Nangarhar government on Saturday said it was ready to build renowned Pakhtun nationalist leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s mausoleum, if allowed by his family.
KABUL (PAN): Following the prediction of a depleted ground water level in Kabul due to the climate change in 2017, the government has launched efforts to deal with the possible crisis, a senior official said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): Amid increasing public demand for mobile credit machines in the capital Kabul, officials say the service will be expanded nationwide over next two years.
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Lack of jobs and pressing poverty is forcing some Afghan university graduates to toil in laborious brick kilns instead of focusing on their own professions in northern Kunduz.
JALALABAD (PAN): A major bridge used by residents of 27 districts of eastern Afghanistan is on the verge of collapse in the Behsud district of Nangarhar province, residents and officials say.
