New School Building And Masjid Inaugurated In Balkh Province
Last week, On May 4th, Afghan officials, led by Balkh Governor, Atta Mohammad, and officials from NATO inaugurated a new school building for the Ali Chapan School in Mazar-e-Sharif.
The new school building has enough classrooms to meet the educational needs of 1,340 pupils. According to a NATO press release, “the building cost €80,000 and was funded by the Lachen Helfen e.V.’ and Bundeswehr hilft Kindern in der dritten Welt e.V.’ organizations.”
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Two days later, Afghan officials, once again led by Balkh Governor, Atta Mohammad, and officials from NATO inaugurated a new Masjid (Mosque) at Camp Marmal, in Mazar-e-Sharif.Â
Muslim soldiers, civilian employees of Regional Command-North, as well as the many Afghan workers at the camp will now have a masjid to go to in order to pray. The masjid took 6 months to complete at a cost of €50,000.
May 11, 2010
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