Authorities in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province have successfully prevented the illegal smuggling of 1,200 sheep, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A four-year drought in Afghanistan has wiped out more than 80% of the cattle, sheep and goats in the north of the country, contributing significantly to the impoverishment ...

KHYBER: It looks highly unlikely that the import of sacrificial animals, especially sheep, from Afghanistan will resume ahead of the approaching Eidul Azha due to their higher prices in ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Northern and eastern Afghanistan is facing a severe drought affecting more than 12 million people, the agriculture ministry said Thursday.

Last year, a snow leopard leapt into Hassan Beg’s corral and slaughtered 12 of his sheep — a massive blow to his family’s livelihood in a place that measures wealth in livestock. He wanted to shoot ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender ...

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