New School Building And Masjid Inaugurated In Balkh Province

Afghan and foreign officials inaugurate the new building of the Ali Chapan School.

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.”

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.

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 · admin · No Comments
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