Saffron traders in western Herat province say the government needs to give them greater assistance in securing visas and exporting their goods overseas, particularly as the ninth Saffron Flower Festival is approaching in the country, Pajhwok News reported.
The earthquake in Herat province of Afghanistan has claimed over 4000 lives and destroyed thousands of residential houses, Khaama Press reported, citing the Taliban ministry.
Herat and surrounding regions were shaken by the magnitude 6.3 earthquake and its powerful aftershocks on Saturday. The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Herat province in Afghanistan has risen to 2,025.
An exhibition was conducted in Herat province of Afghanistan to highlight small businesses that offer employment to internally displaced people, TOLOnews reported.
A charity organization in Herat province of Afghanistan has provided free education for hundreds of orphaned girls by building a school for them, reported TOLO News.
The Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations on Monday in a post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, said that around 774 Afghan refugees arrived in Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province.
At a time when the Taliban's regime has taken away the basic rights of Afgan women, a local woman in the country's Herat province has established a training centre that offers miniature art classes to young girls who are deprived of education, Tolo News reported.
According to doctors at a cancer treatment facility in Herat Province, Western Afghanistan observes a 30 per cent increase in the number of patients seeking cancer treatment, Khaama Press reported.