The process of distributing 80 tons of wheat began for about 3,600 people who had cleared the Pul-e Khumri Baladori canal in the “Food for work” project. Zabihullah Ehsas, Deputy Governor of Baghlan, said while distributing wheat to the beneficiaries that in addition to cleaning the canal from garbage, jobs were created for 3,600 people […]

Samangan’s Agriculture Department told Bawar that dozens of women make a living by producing mushrooms. Najibullah Joya, Head of Cultivation Promotion branch at Agriculture Department of Samangan, says that with the cooperation of partner institutions, at least 30 women have been provided with all the equipment for cultivating mushrooms, which has been very effective in […]

Revenue of state-owned Afghan Gas company in Jowzjan will increase from AFN 700m to AFN 1.17bn in 1400, based on a prepared plan. “Rise in our income has been projected for the new year after we increased sales to Bayat Power company and Kod o Barq factory in Mazar-e-Sharif,” said Abdul Qayum, Director of Afghan […]

A woman in Jowzjan province earns a living for her 8-member family through bag sewing and wants peace in the country. Zohra is a mother of seven. She patiently sews bags in different colors and says that two years ago she enrolled in training courses launched by ACTED and can now feed her family by […]

A number of families of security forces’ martyrs say they have not received the residential plots promised to them by the Ministry of Defense for years. Abdul Hadi, a family member of security forces’ martyrs, said he had lost his 18-year-old son defending the country and the Ministry of Defense had promised him a residential […]

Sericulture is one of the most common industries among women in Jowzjan province, where 200 women are engaged in the business. Fakhrullah Halimzai, Head of Livestock and Animal Health Services at Jowzjan Department of Agriculture and Livestock, said that last year they distributed 75 boxes of 12 grams of cocoon eggs to women, who produced […]

Cauldron production is one of the oldest local industries in Badakhshan, which once had a good market and the artisans used to earn a living with it, but the industry has now lost its former prosperity and is in recession. Abdul Rauf Rahimi, head of a cauldron production factory in Badakhshan, says their pots are […]

Although food prices in Afghan markets rise every year, but according to Mazar-e-Sharif residents with the arrival of Ramadan prices have increased unprecedentedly this year. These residents link the rise in food prices to government’s lack of oversight of markets, saying venders should not violate justice during the month of Ramadan. On the other hand, […]

An exhibition to present the handicrafts of Samangan women was held by Tahmina Amusement Park in cooperation with Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. Samangan Governor Mohammad Dawood Kalakani, who attended the opening of the exhibition, visited women’s handicrafts booth and declared his support for such programs. One of the organizers of the fair, Maria Azimi, stated […]

Balkh Breshna officials held a press conference following provincial citizens’ complaints over high electricity prices, saying they had handed over the responsibility of equalizing electricity charges to Energy Affairs Administration and that changing the tariffs was not within Breshna’s capability. “Objecting is the right of citizens, but Balkh electricity appellants have asked people in mosques […]