Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Report: School reopened in Kandahar

Afghanistan’s Pajhwok Afghan News reported today that a middle school for boys that was closed for 8 years due to insecurity has been reopened. The school is in the Zheri district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. An education official told Pajhwok Afghan News that the school was made operational 10 years but had to close […]

November 26, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

August 23, 2013 Round Up: Good News Reports from Afghan Media

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced that $50 million will be invested to change the broadcast of TV channels from analog to digital, greatly improving picture quality. The new digital system will cover all of Afghanistan. – Ariana News A park and community center for women were inaugurated in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province […]

August 23, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Construction work on building for Kabul University’s Computer Science Faculty started

Construction work on a new building for Kabul University’s Computer Science Faculty was inaugurated today by Afghanistan’s Minister of Higher Education, Obaidullah Obaid, and the Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Hiroshi Takahashi. The planned four-story building is being funded by the Japanese government at a cost of $8.2 million, and is expected to be completed in […]

August 13, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New school buildings to be built in Khost and Jowzjan provinces

Special foundation stone laying ceremonies have been held in Khost and Jowzjan provinces, an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today. In the eastern province of Khost, an agricultural high school building is expected to be built in 6 months at a cost of 13,007,000 afghanis. The funding for the project will come from […]

July 23, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Roads and bridges to be built in 5 Afghan provinces

In an effort to further improve Afghanistan’s infrastructure, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works announced road and bridge building projects in 5 different provinces yesterday. The projects which will be funded by the world Bank at a cost of 358 million afghanis will be completed by provide Afghan companies. Specifically, a 28km road in Kunduz, a […]

July 23, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan

Reports: Paktika, Herat and Logar schools to get buildings

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that an official from Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Paktika said that forty-six school building will be constructed during the current year in the province. The buildings will be constructed at a cost of $11 million, per the PAN report. Funding from the project will come from the ministries of […]

June 24, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

School buildings to be constructed/reconstructed

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has agreed to grant Afghanistan’s education ministry with $68.5 million, according to a report yesterday from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Per the report, under the agreement signed in Kabul, 2,270 schools will be built in Afghanistan’s rural areas to pave the way to provide education to 555,000 […]

March 31, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Kunar University get a new building, and 2 bridges inaugurated in Ghor

An inauguration ceremony was held today in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar for a newly constructed building for the Syed Jamaludin Afghan University, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) has reported. The project to build the 2-story building was funded by the Minister of Higher Education at a cost $550,000, Kunar’s provincial governor, Syed Fazlullah Wahidi, told […]

February 11, 2013 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Reconstruction and Development

Development projects completed in Takhar and Badakhshan

An Afghan official told the Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) today that nearly 240 projects benefiting 87,000 families have been completed in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar this year. The projects completed include such things as the graveling of 154 km of road, construction of 600 small bridges, laying of 9 km of water supply pipes, […]

November 22, 2012 · admin · No Comments
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Development project almost completed in Balkh, and Islamic Center to be built in Kabul

Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported today that an international airport, a railway and a 400-bed hospital will soon be inaugurated in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh. Balkh’s deputy governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat said that the airport which has been overseen by a Turkish company and is being funded by Germany and the United Arab Emirates is […]

October 28, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development

New building to be built in Baghlan and renovations begin in Ghazni

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency (BNA) reported today that the foundation stone of a new building for Baghlan University was laid down in Pul-e Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. The new building will be 2 stories high, and will have both administrative and teaching sections. Once the building is completed, the issue of classroom shortage […]

July 15, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Education, Reconstruction and Development

Foundation stones for two new school buildings laid in Laghman province

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a ceremony was held in which officials, community leaders, students, and teachers attended to celebrate the laying of the foundation stones for two new schools that will be built in the province. The first building is for the Mandar Awal High School and the other is for the […]

June 2, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development