Courthouse building in Kunar, school building in Panjshir inaugurated; Solar lights installed in Khost

This week, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported that a new courthouse building was inaugurated in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar. The three-storey building is for the Asadabad Court of Appeals. It took 16 months to built at a cost of $440,000. Funding for the project was provided by the United States. The building has 30 administrative rooms, a conference hall, and 3 kitchens.

Meanwhile in Panjshir province, also located in northeastern Afghanistan, a new school building was inaugurated for a high school in the Faraj area of Anaba district. The building has 16 classrooms and it was built at a cost of $250,000. Because of the new building, the students will no longer have to study under tents.

In other development news, as many as 118 solar lights were installed at the Sheikh Zahid University, and along roadsides in the capital city of Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Khost. This project was also funded by the United States, according to the PAN report.

May 13, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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