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FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A canal has been constructed at a cost of 28 million afghanis in the Kiran Wa Manjan district of ...

The pass was usually remains closed by heavy snowfall, avalanches and narrowness of the road in winter, but engineering ...

TALUQAN, Afghanistan, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Two gold miners lost their lives after a tunnel of the mine caved in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province on Sunday, the director of the public relations ...

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) -- One commuter lost his life and 11 others were injured due to a road mishap in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Saturday night, provincial ...

including the four provinces most affected by food insecurity: Badakhshan, Ghor, Kabul, and Helmand. Our teams run seven Therapeutic Feeding Units (TFU) where they admit and treat children ...

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Ten districts of northeastern Badakhshan province are without proper hospitals and specialist doctors, residents complain. They are forced to travel long distances to receive ...

KABUL, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The body of a seven-year-old boy, who went missing some 45 days ago in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, was found on Monday, and his father demanded the ...