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PAKTYA - Security officials set on fire huge quantity of hashish in the Paktya province, authorities said on Tuesday. About 5,000 kilograms of hashish including considerable amount of heroin and alcoholic drinks – that were…

BALKH - The head of the provincial agriculture department, Kateb Shams, said on Tuesday that according to the recent survey on production of wheat crops, there is a 100 per cent success in the rain-fed harvest and 70 per cent…

DAIKUNDI - A delegation of Dai Kundi elders trooped to the UNAMA compound here over the weekend and submitted a petition for UNAMA’s continued stay in the remote central highlands province of Afghanistan. Accompanied by…

GHAZNI - A high school student in Ghazni city has invented a mathematical formula that has been approved by the centre for sciences in Kabul, officials said on Saturday. Khalilullah Yaqubi is an 11th grade student at the…

KANDAHAR - Hundreds of religious scholars called “Ulemas” gathered at the Kandahar Provincial Council to discuss peace and reconciliation in Kandahar today. The daylong Jirga was also attended by a member of the High Peace…

PAKTYA - Five members of a public uprising group were killed by Taliban militants in the Ander district of Ghazni province, an official said on Wednesday. In the heavy clashes that took place between the Taliban militants and…

BALKH - The United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) and Balkh provincial counter-narcotics department marked 26 June, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in a large gathering in Mazar-i…

HELMAND - The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was celebrated in Lashkar Gah of Helmand province on Tuesday. Helmand Governor Mohammad Gulab Mangal, provincial director for anti-narcotics…

KHOST - Hundreds of people, including government officials, students and general masses participated yesterday in a traditional campaign called hasher, a voluntary campaign to clean streets and parks in Khost province. The…

GHAZNI - Sick women and children continue to face medical crisis due to shortage of female doctors in Ghazni province, forcing authorities to refer patients to hospitals in the city, the local Roz News Agency reported. Due to…

PAKTYA - Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and weapons were seized by Afghan security forces during an operation in Paktya province, local officials said on Sunday. Local Roz News Agency reported that the narcotics, including…

HELMAND - Helmand Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Ilham told a press conference yesterday that the number of civilian casualties, caused by IEDs and roadside bombs planted by the Taliban, has reached to 81 dead and 110 injured in…