Archive for March, 2012
Uruzgan gets first university, and new medical faculty to be built for Nangarhar University
Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan opened it’s first-ever public sector university last week, officials announced to the Afghan media. Afghan officials, such as the deputy governor, parliament members, as well as teachers and students participated in the inaugural ceremony. Resident of the province see the establishment of this school as a major achievement, especially for [...]
March 31, 2012
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development 
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Cement factory to be built in Herat province
The Iranian company Peshgaman Sanat-i-Majad will invest $150 million in establishing a cement factory that will produce one million tons of cement in the Zinda Jan district of Herat province, according to a report today from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines, Wahidullah Shahrani said that this project will boost the country’s annual [...]
March 18, 2012
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Afghanistan is victorious at the 2012 ACC U-16 Challenge Cup
Afghanistan’s U-16 (Under 16) cricket team went undefeated and won the ACC (Asian Cricket Council) U-16 Challenge Cup today in Thailand. The event had started on March 3rd in Chiang Mail, Thailand. Besides Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Maldives Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated in the event. On day one, Afghanistan took on [...]
March 10, 2012
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Hospital opened in Khost, 90 schools to be built in Ghazni
A new maternity hospital was opened in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today. The hospital which was opened by the international humanitarian organization, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is a 56-bed maternity hospital which has a delivery room that offers obstetric care for normal and complicated deliveries, and an operating [...]
March 4, 2012
Posted in: Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights 2 Comments
