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Insecurity: Laghman women may not vote in upcoming polls...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:05/03/2019

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Residents and civil society activists in eastern Laghman province say women’s participation in the October parliamentary elections was weak in the province due to insecurit... Read More

Laghman teachers to get residential plots: Governor

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:05/07/2015

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The governor of eastern Laghman province on Sunday pledged that promotion of education was his top priority that teachers would be given residential plots to promote the vital sector. Laghman G... Read More

Call to build coordination between Laghman officials, PC...

By: Pajhwok Reporter , Date:31/05/2015

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): Provincial council members in eastern Laghman province on Sunday complained local departments did not have coordination with the council but they still managed to evaluate performance of some de... Read More

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168- Eng. Muhammad Alam Qarar
Elected from: Laghman, Votes: 8215

JALALABAD (PAN): About 162 insurgents suffered causalities during 35 military operation conducted by Afghan forces in eastern Laghman province last year, an official said on Tuesday.
Eighty-six militants were killed and 76 others wounded during offensives that led to the capture of 158 individuals in connection with different crimes.

JALALABAD (PAN): Heavy rainfall that lasted two hours led to devastating floods in the capital and other parts of eastern Laghman province, an official said on Wednesday.
The floods destroyed dozens of homes, swept away several household animals and inundated hundreds of acres of agriculture land, the governor’s spokesman said.

By Magnus Ohman
What country has the most expensive election campaigns in the world? At a first glance the answer may be obvious; in the recent US elections over 2 billion dollars were spent, and combined with the other elections held at that time, the total spending is estimated to over 6 billion.

The people of Laghman are ready to participate in the elections but they are fed up with the insecurity in the province.
The province, consisting of four districts, is located some 140 kilometres east of Kabul. Majority of the people there are farmers. The report is prepared on the basis of interviews with eight people from three districts and the provincial capital. Two of the interviewees are girls.