AIBAK (PAN): Five people were killed and a sixth wounded when a car collided with a fuel tanker in western Samangan province on Wednesday, officials said.
AIBAK (PAN): A three-month campaign against locust was launched in northern Samangan province on Sunday, after farmers complained the insects were damaging their crops, an official said.
TALOQN/AIBAK (PAN): Twenty-one people, most of them children, were killed and thousands of household animals perished as a result of the ongoing cold wave in northern Takhar and Samangan provinces,
AIBAK (PAN): An eight-kilometre road, connecting several mountainous areas with the capital of northern Samangan province, was inaugurated on Saturday, an official said.
AIBAK (PAN): More than 8,000 families benefited from the 44 welfare projects completed under the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) in the northern province of Baghlan, officials said on Thursday.
AIBAK (PAN): A plan for training, equipping and supporting Afghan forces is being discussed with ministries of defence, interior and National Directorate of Security (NDS), the security transition commission head said on Thursday.
AIBAK (PAN): Health officials in northern Samangan province on Wednesday said more than 40,000 children infected with measles had been vaccinated during a five-day campaign.
AIBAK (PAN): Warm clothing and other relief items were distributed to more than 300 families displaced by the ongoing dry spell in northern Samangan province on Wednesday, officials said.
