Khost

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Workers in southeastern Khost, voicing their concern over increasing joblessness, have urged the national unity government to take effective steps to address the problem on a priority basis.
Hundreds of daily wagers assemble every morning in front of the Yaqubi bus terminal in Khost City, hoping to get work. Holding their clothing and tools in plastic bags, they look at each passing vehicle and individual on foot.

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): The counternarcotics director on Sunday claimed progress in preventing drug trade in southeastern Khost province, but some public representatives said drug use and smuggling had increased.
Counternarcotics chief in Khost Mir Nagal Thaniwal told a press conference here that considerable progress had been achieved in preventing drug smuggling, use and production in the province over the past eight years.