JALALABAD (PAN): One private school was sealed and two others were fined on Tuesday in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, in compliance with orders from the education ministry.
JALALABAD (PAN): Up to 1,300 deserving families received winter assistance from the departments of rural rehabilitation and returnee affairs in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday.
JALALABAD (PAN): Nine members of a family were injured on Sunday when a gas cylinder exploded in their house in the Kama district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said.
JALALABAD (PAN): Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) officials are scheduled to hold a trilateral meeting on border security and coordination on Wednesday, an official said.
JALALABAD (PAN): The Batikot district chief in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday vowed measures to overcome the increasing insecurity, which he blamed on lack of coordination among the departments concerned, in his district.
JALALABAD (PAN): Five Taliban fighters, including a commander and a would-be suicide attacker, were killed in separate security operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz and Uruzgan provinces, officials said on Saturday.
JALALABAD (PAN): Nangarhar governor Gul Agha Sherzai on Thursday said he has ordered a crackdown on illegal armed groups and individuals in the eastern province.
JALALABAD (PAN): Eight tonnes of substandard and expired medicines were set alight in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Wednesday, an official said.
JALALABAD (PAN): A 300-metre-long bridge, costing $6.5 million, was inaugurated in the Lalpura district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, officials said.
