Use of plastic bags causes diseases, affects environment: Experts
3 days ago · KABUL (Pajhwok): Some doctors and environmental experts have urged families to use cloth and paper bags instead of plastic bags to prevent dangerous diseases and environmental pollution. With the widespread use of plastic bags globally, environmental experts say that plastic, due to its long ...
39 families displaced daily by climate change
3 days ago · KABUL (Pajhwok): Since the start of the last solar year, over 24,000 families in Afghanistan have been displaced, more than 50 percent in Herat and Helmand provinces, due to droughts, earthquakes, floods and other natural calamities. The affected households are seeking urgent assistance, while ...
Karzai welcomes MWL conference to support girls’ education
3 days ago · Former president Hamid Karzai has welcomed the holding of a conference on girls’ education in Muslim countries in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, calling education . . .
Stagnated market condition worry Balkh coppersmiths
3 days ago · MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pakjwok): Some braziers in northern Balkh province have complained about the stagnated market condition for their products and expressed concerns that coppersmithing art was faced with eradication. The profession of copper-smith is an ancient industry of Afghanistan which once shun ...
Gold prices go up, food, fuel stay stable in Kabul
5 days ago · KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Russian and Arabic gold increased, but that of food items and fuel stayed stable during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday. Zmarai Safi, head of the Food Traders’ Association, said the price of a 49-kilogram Kazakh flour sack remained ...
Road construction worth 14m afs kicks off in Jalalabad
3 days ago · JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Construction of a road with adjusted canal and culverts estimated to cost 14 million afghanis has been launched in eastern Nangarhar province, an
21 Afghans freed from Pakistani prisons return home
3 days ago · Another 21 Afghan nationals have been released from jails in Pakistan, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) said on Monday . . . You need to subscribe to view the full article.
Increase Hajj quota for Afghans, Muttaqi urges Riyadh
3 days ago · Saudi Ambassador Faisal Torki Al-Buqam has called on Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Russia, Iran to sign strategic agreement on Friday
2 days ago · Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive strategic agreement on Friday, Iranian media reported on Tuesday . . . You need to subscribe to view the full article.
Epidural anesthesia experienced at Aliabad Hospital for first time
4 days ago · For the first time, epidural anesthesia has been applied to several people in the Aliabad Teaching Hospital in Kabul city, and the result was also good, a statement from the Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) said on Sunday.