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Herat officials say all local polling sites are secure

By: Storai Karimi , Date:28/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Officials in western Herat province say all polling sites are protected, asking people could turn out in large numbers to vote without any fear of violence. Governor Abdul Qayum Rahimi, after... Read More

Herat: 30 polling sites face closure, 69 high risk

By: Storai Karimi , Date:22/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office in western Herat province on Sunday said 30 polling stations would be closed on the Election Day and another 69 faced high secur... Read More

Low election awareness in Herat irks watchdogs

By: Storai Karimi , Date:18/09/2019

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of election observers in western Herat province on Wednesday voiced their frustration over lack of awareness-creating programs as part of the electoral process. The watchdogs... Read More

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Women’s active participation in polls urged

HERAT CITY (PAN): Nine workers of a road reconstruction company have been killed in the Karkh district of western Herat province, an official said on Saturday.
Militants killed the workers after they suffered heavy casualties in a clash with police on Friday night, police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Taliban kill 9 construction firm workers

5 rebels, 2 Afghan troops killed in Herat incidents

HERAT CITY/KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Thursday alleged neighbouring countries, seeking to sell their substandard products to the landlocked nation, had succeeded in undermining some Afghan factories.
The allegation comes the day a steel-melting factory in Herat province, which borders Iran, was shut down. Other industrial units are feared to meet the same fate.

Neighbours want Afghan factories to collapse

HERAT CITY (PAN): Residents and civil society activists on Monday took to the streets in Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, against prolonged power cuts and low voltage.
Around 200 people took part in the protest demonstration, chanting slogans against the officials concerned.

HERAT CITY (PAN): Tanker drivers and representatives of transport companies on Saturday staged a protest demonstration in front of the governor’s house in western Herat province.
The demonstrators, who gathered in Injeel district, arrived in front of the governor’s house to protest insurgent attacks on their vehicles on the Herat-Kabul highway.