PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Baghlan province say the provincial municipality is trying to convert the only recreational park in Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital, into a commercial area. Bagh-i-Qahwa Khana Parkis, the only...

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A two-year ‘green and clean city’ program was launched on Wednesday in the capital city of southern Kandahar province. Governor Zalmai Weesa, Mayor Eng. Rokhan Walasmal, municipal districts representatives and other...

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The groundwater level has gone down by 15 meters as a result of illegal digging of deep wells in southern Kandahar province, local officials said on Tuesday. Mohammad Nader Kakar, water supply and canalsation director, told...

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The mayor of southern Kandahar City has been awarded membership of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), an official said on Tuesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Experts say the lowering underground water level and water pollution in capital Kabul city is ‘worrying and catastrophic’ and ask the government to take serious steps towards resolving the issue. They expressed the remarks on...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): An overnight campaign for washing roads and streets in the capital of eastern Nangarhar provinces has been launched, the governor’s office said on Wednesday. The cleanliness drive was being conducted by Khogyani Academic and...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Tonight’s supermoon -- visibly larger by 15 percent and brighter by 16 percent compared to the ordinary full moon -- will be closest to Earth in seven decades, America’s space agency says.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Bank has helped the Kabul Municipality develop a more efficient construction permit system that has significantly cut red tape and processing times, boosting private investment in the city’s construction sector. Funded by...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Filmmakers, actors and writers from across Afghanistan on Monday received awards in the country’s first-ever Environmental Short Films Contest, organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the National Environmental Protection Agency and Saba TV.