Khost Province: Sports stadium inaugurated, and a new school to be built

A sports stadium, built according to international standards, was recently inaugurated in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost. Provincial officials, members of parliament, and the provincial governor, Abdul Jabbar Naeemi participated in the inauguration ceremony. According to Afghan media reports, the stadium took three years to build at a cost of over a million dollars. Funding for the project came from Afghanistan’s Olympic Committee. The stadium will be used to hold racing, volleyball, basketball, football as well as cricket games. It has the capacity to hold almost 20,000 spectators.

Also, in Khost province, the provincial governor recently laid the foundation stone of a new secondary school building that will be built. The building will be a one story building which will have 12 classrooms. It will meet the educational needs of hundreds of boys and girls who currently study in the open, under trees or in tents.

October 2, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Education, Reconstruction and Development