Women’s interest in making handicrafts and marketing has increased in central Bamyan province and they seek government’s cooperation in selling their products. Najiba Karimi said she has been making and selling handicrafts in Bamyan city since last three months. She was a government employee, but started producing and selling handicrafts after losing her job to More
At least 13 people have been killed and 50 more injured in a train accident on the Howarh-Chennai line in the Andhra Pradesh state of India, media reports say. “The death toll rose to 13 and over 50 people were hospitalised”, said Vizianagaram police chief Deepika M Patil. The divisional railway manager of Waltair Division, More
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti says they are encouraging the “voluntary return” of illegal aliens till the Nov. 1 deadline before launching an operation to expel them. Earlier this month, the caretaker government of Pakistan directed all foreign migrants, including 1.73 million Afghan nationals, to leave the country, Geo News reported. The federal minister also More
In order to prevent birth defects in children, doctors advise serious care and no use of arbitrary drugs during pregnancy and say marriage with close relatives should be avoided as well. Although the Ministry of Public Health does not provide accurate statistics on birth defects in the country, but information provided by one of the More
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. The UNGA also demanded “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news reports suggest Israel has expanded ground operations More
At least 22 people have been killed and nearly 60 wounded in mass shootings in the Lewiston, Maine, a media report said on Thursday. City Councilor Robert McCarthy told CNN that the death toll had risen to 22 in the shooting spree that took place at a bowling alley and also at least one other More
The River Basin Authority in eastern Nangarhar province says it has started forming cooperative communities to prevent disputes over irrigation water in rural areas. The authority says farmers often enter verbal disputes due to irregular water supply system and such arguments sometimes turn violent and result in clashes. .It said recently licenses were issued to More
Pazhwak FoundationInc. organised an academic seminar on “National thoughts and social ambitions” of late political, cultural and literary figure Abdul Rahman Pazhwak. At the seminar, which was held through the zoom meeting, articles on the life, personality, works and cultural services of Pazhwak were read out, especially on his national thoughts and social ambitions. Farhad More
Princess India, daughter of King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya, has passed away at the age of 94 in Rome, the capital of Italy. India’s death was confirmed by her daughter Surya Malik and ex-Afghan ambassador to France Khalid Ahmad Zakaria in an interview with the BBC. Soraya Malik wrote on her Facebook page that More
Mental, psychological diseases experts have linked some factor which could cause psychological and mental issues among children. Psychologists have said that the restless atmosphere at home, the lack of attention to the needs of children, the violent treatment of parents and teachers can cause psychological problems in children, which if not taken seriously will have More