The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has accepted a request by the Afghan government to include the western city of Herat among world cultural heritage sites. UNESCO also provided $30,000 to the Afghan government to use in Read More…
Archeologists have discovered new relics that dates back to the Buddhist era in the Shewaki area in the eastern part of Kabul city. Eight small Buddhist stupas as well as fortifications, walls and 176 other artifacts have been found in Read More…
Herat directorate of Agriculture said, “Due to suitable weather and farmers’ passion, the cultivation of strawberries in this province has flourished and the cultivated areas have dramatically has increased and reached more than one hundred hectares.” Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi, acting Read More…
Bibi Hanifa is one of the Mushroom workers in Dehdadi district of Balkh province. She said “It has been 6 months since the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Second National Priority Program 2 (SNAPP2) constructed a farm for Read More…
According to the reports of Helmand Agriculture Department, this province has produced nearly 36 tonnes of honey this year. Rafiullah Qalam, Planning and Coordination Director of Helmand Agriculture Department said that the province has produced 35.7 tonnes of honey this Read More…
The first fish production and breeding farm with a total value of two hundred thousand Afghanis was established in Dara Dokani district of Bamyan province. Zabihullah Zahadat, a government employee and owner of the farm, said he was always interested Read More…
Beekeeping in Farah province is developing and the interest of the inhabitants of this province to invest in this sector is also increasing. The warm climate, vast agricultural lands and vast orchards have created favorable conditions for the development of Read More…
Figures from general directorate of statistics and information of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) show that 1,298 metric tons of Mustard oil was extracted from total fields of Mustard oil last year. According to these statistics, last Read More…
The Directorate of Family Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) is supposed to build 13,490 home gardens in 19 provinces in 1400 year through MAIL’s Emergency and Food Preparation Project (EAST) and support to National Priority Read More…
Afghanistan is close to reaching self-sufficiency in chicken meat production, with an annual chicken meat production of over 260,000 tons. According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, 9,247 small and big chicken farms are currently operating Read More…
According to the Statistics and Information Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), 2,529 metric tons of peppers were produced in the country last year, of which 184 tons were bell peppers. According to the ministry, Laghman Read More…
Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture show that in the last year, 299 metric tons of strawberries were produced across the country. The ministry said Herat, with 31 hectares of cultivated land, produced 155 metric tons of berries alone. After Read More…
Five members of Afghanistan’s all-girl robotic team become member of Forbes Under 30 Asia 2021, Forbes Magazine reported today, Tuesday, April 21. The five teenage girls, aged between 15 and 19, are Sumaya Farooqi, Ayda Haidarpour, Elham Mansour, Florance Poya, and Diana Read More…
Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed the security plan for the TAPI gas pipeline in Kabul on April 15, 2021. The plan will protect this major transnational energy project and will foster regional stability by linking Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to the energy Read More…
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