Archive for the ‘Afghanistan’s Economy’ Category

New airport runway inaugurated in Uruzgan province

Today in Afghanistan’s central province of Uruzgan, a newly-built airport runway was inaugurated, according to a report from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN).  The runway is 28 metres wide and 2,250 metres long.  It was built at a cost of $28 million, according to the PAN report. “The runway would connect the province with the world […]

April 15, 2011 · admin · 2 Comments
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New court building opened in Helmand; Construction projects on 2 factories begins and 2 new school buildings inaugurated in Herat

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency reported today that construction work on a new building for the Helmand provincial court has finally been completed, and that an inauguration ceremony was held to celebrate the event. Muhammad Gulab Mangal, the provincial governor of Helmand province, attended the inauguration of the new building. The construction work had begun 2 […]

March 7, 2011 · admin · One Comment
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Herat Airport runway extension project completed

Yesterday, NATO and Afghan officials, including Daoud Saba, the Governor of Herat province, attended a ceremony commemorating the completion of the Herat Airport runway extension. A NATO news release today said that “the new runway is approximately 9,840 feet (3,000 meters) long, enabling even the largest civilian aircraft to take off and land”. “I think […]

February 18, 2011 · admin · One Comment
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Afghanistan wins GSMA Government Leadership Award

On Tuesday, in Barcelona, Spain, at the annual Government Mobile Forum, Afghanistan’s Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Amirzai Sangin, was given the mobile industry’s prestigious Government Leadership Award. The award was given to the Afghan government because of the “immense achievements made by the Afghan government in its commitment to the widespread expansion of […]

February 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Development projects in Ghazni, Laghman, Jawzjan, and Helmand

Today, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported that “development projects worth million of dollars will be launched in the southern province of Ghazni this year”.  The source of the report was the provincial governor of Ghazni, Musa Khan Akbarzada. “Saudi Arabia would construct a huge mosque in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, while the United Arab […]

February 2, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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More Roads, Electricity and Water for Afghans!

A ring road originally planned back in the 1960s to connect Afghanistan’s remote areas to its major cities will soon receive fresh funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  Earlier this week, Afghanistan’s Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal signed a contract with an official from ADB in which Afghanistan will receive $340 million in grants […]

January 20, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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New school building in Baghlan, new clinic in Kabul, and a new bridge in Oruzgan

Today, an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said that a new school building for the Darah Kag Middle School in the Dushi district of Afghanistan’s province of Baghlan was inaugurated. The new building has 8 classrooms and 2 administrative rooms.  A water well was also put in.  According to the education ministry, the cost […]

January 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Modern Rug Processing Factory Opened In Kabul

A modern rug processing factory was opened this week in Kabul, according to a report from Pajhwok Afghan News.  The factory will be able to process about 7,000 square meters of rug in a month, and it will employ about 100 workers. The factory was setup with funding ($200,000) from the United States Agency for […]

January 13, 2011 · admin · 3 Comments
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New airfield to be build in Nimroz province

Afghanistan’s southern province of Nimroz will get a new airfield, according to a report today from Afghanistan’s Tolo news. According to the report, an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Aviation and Transportation said that the new airfield is being planned to be made in an area 14 square km wide, and it will be 17 […]

January 8, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Demand for Afghan made cookers leads to boom in Samangan province

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that recently there has been a major increase in demand for locally produced pressure cookers in Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan. As a result, less foreign made products are imported and more jobs have been created for the locals. According to the PAN report, the number of factories have […]

January 2, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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Major Gas Pipeline Project Accord Signed!

After many years of discussions and negotiations, the governments of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and India have finally signed an accord to build a $7.6 billion pipeline that will take 33 billion of cubic meters (bcm) of gas a year gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and India. For Afghanistan’s economy, this is great news. […]

December 11, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan

New road and building construction started in Kandahar province

A ceremony was held recently to mark the beginning of a 13-mile road construction project in the Panjwa’i district of Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. According to a NATO news release issued today, the road will be constructed between Spin Danal and Zangabad village.  It will be 26 feet (8 meters) wide and it will […]

December 7, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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