Minister of Interior Affairs, visited Dasht-e-Leili in Jawzjan, where a large number of prisoners of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) were shot or suffocated to death in 2001.
Provincial director for economic affairs said that, Afghan authorities have inaugurated a water canal in Jawzjan province to irrigate about 32,400 hectares of land.
The local officials of Jawzjan say that 5 people died and 4 others were injured after a passenger bus collided with a Sarache car on the Shaberghan-Balkh highway.
After a ground-breaking ceremony was held this week, Construction has started on a new rug weaving and processing facility in the northern province of Jawzjan.
The WFP in cooperation with CHA organization started food distribution to 1415 families on that province on Sunday.The provincial Economy Department said.
Public health officials of Jawzjan say that the number of cholera cases in this province has reached 18,000 people, which is due to the lack of safe drinking water.
Local officials says, more than a thousand families benefited from safe drinkable water with the exploitation of three water supply projects in Jawzjan Province.
The health officials of Jawzjan province say that during the last 40 days, more than 7 thousand people in three districts of this province were infected with cholera and 12 people died as a result of this disease.