Members of parliament, civil activists and Balkh Energy Advocacy Group discussed reduction of electricity prices in the presence of officials from Energy Regulatory Authority. Balkh electricity advocates emphasized in the meeting that they will not pay their bills as long as electricity prices are not equalized, and they will even set up protest tents and […]

National Water Affairs Regulation Authority (NWARA) put two USAID funded water canals to use in Shulgara district of Balkh province. Esmatullah, head of North River Basin Department, said they had rehabilitated two water canals under the names “Baghe Pahlawan and Shah Gadai” in Balkh’s Shulgara district. Each of the canals irrigates more than 700 hectares […]

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, […]