Death toll from Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Western Afghanistan climbed to at least 2053, officials of the ruling Taliban said on Sunday. Al Jazeera reported that men were digging through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage left by powerful earthquakes. Ruling Taliban officials […]
Afghan provincial administration distributed improved seed and fertiliser to nearly 16,000 farmers in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday. The Provincial Head for Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Qari Abadullah Ansar, said “using improved seed and fertiliser in farmlands would have a positive impact. “Therefore, we began distribution of the agricultural materials to the farmers in […]
Security forces have killed 38 rebels and arrested 78 others in the recent cleanup operations in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province, the Provincial Head of the Information and Culture Department, Qari Maazudin Ahmadi, said on Monday. “During cleanup operations in Shiwa, Arghanj Khwa and Ragh districts over the past one week, 38 armed rebels have been […]