Archive for the ‘Environmental Issues’ Category

Afghanistan signs major oil deal with China

Afghanistan signed a major oil exploration contract with a Chinese company (China National Petroleum Corp) today in Kabul. The deal will develop three oil fields in northern Afghanistan (Sar-e-pul and Faryab provinces). Wahidullah Shahrani, Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines, told the media that the deal could bring in about $7 billion to Afghanistan over the next [...]

December 28, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  3 Comments

Improvements to be made to Herat airport and construction work starts on major dam

Afghanistan’s Tolo news reported today that the Italian government has agreed to provide Afghanistan with a $240 million long-term loan to renovate and standardize Herat International Airport. The construction of a new terminal is also on the project list. Meanwhile in the southwestern province of Nimroz, construction work has begun on the Kamal Khan Dam, [...]

December 18, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Reports: Work on Samangan road launched; Retaining wall built in Baghlan

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that construction work on a 15km road was launched in the Khuramsar Bagh district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan today. A provincial public works department officer told PAN that the road will be 6 meters wide and will take 4 months to complete. Once completed, the road will [...]

October 31, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Bala Hisar Fort reconstruction survey begins; New park to be built in Kabul

  Hamidullah Sarwary, the Director of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News, that a reconstruction survey of the old Bala Hisar Fort in southern Ghazni province is currently underway. A project to restore the Fort will begin shortly after the survey is completed, and the millions it is expected to cost is being paid [...]

August 7, 2011   Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Courthouse building in Kunar, school building in Panjshir inaugurated; Solar lights installed in Khost

This week, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported that a new courthouse building was inaugurated in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar. The three-storey building is for the Asadabad Court of Appeals. It took 16 months to built at a cost of $440,000. Funding for the project was provided by the United States. The building has 30 [...]

May 13, 2011   Posted in: Education, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Generous pledge from Japan to protect lives and livelihoods in Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said yesterday that the government of Japan has signed an agreement with them in which $19 million dollars will be provided so that three eight-month projects can be completed that will protect lives and livelihoods in Afghanistan. According to a report from UNOPS: The first project will [...]

March 1, 2011   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

One million saplings and trees to be planted in Herat

In Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, a program is kicking off where one million saplings and trees will be planted, according to a United Nations’ report yesterday. The report said that, “Afghan officials are focused on efficient planting to make sure the plants do not dry out”. “Places that have permanent access to water coming [...]

February 5, 2011   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Health News  Comments Closed

Report: World Bank Pledges $35 million for farm water management program in Afghanistan

Many experts say that Afghanistan has enough water to meet the needs of its people, however, poor management of this valuable resource has left the country with shortages in many areas, including the north.В  Tolo news reported today that the World Bank has pledged $35 million worth of financial aid for a farm water management [...]

November 9, 2010   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Agreement signed to get more Afghans access to clean water and sanitation

Yesterday, the Afghan government signed an agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in which $52 million will be spent on getting Afghans in poor communities throughout the country access to clean water and sanitation. The agreement, Memorandum of Understanding on the Crucial Clean Water Pact, was signed by U.S. Embassy Deputy Ambassador [...]

October 31, 2010   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Health News, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Numerous Development Projects Have Been Completed In Nangarhar Province

As many as 41 projects have been completed recently in the Kot district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. Farmland that has been sitting dry for over 30 years is now able to be watered and will soon flourish. 37 waterheads (intakes) were built on streams that originate from the Spin Ghar Mountain, and 7 [...]

July 30, 2010   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Environmental Issues, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

Plan to bring thousands of trees to Panjshir province

An American led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) met with Panjshir Governor Keramuddin Keram earlier this month to present a large-scale reforestation project in the north eastern province of Panjshir. The goal is to have as many as 35,000 new trees in the province before the end of this year. The province will benefit immensely from [...]

July 10, 2010   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Historical Qazi Garden To Be Restored In Old Kabul

On Saturday, June 19th, Afghan and American officials attended a ceremony signifying the start of phase two of the renovation of the Qazi historical garden in old Kabul. According to a press released issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), “Most of the trees in the original 3.5 hectare historical garden were [...]

June 21, 2010   Posted in: Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed