Archive for the ‘Human Rights’ Category

Women’s Farm Service Center Opened in Kabul

Today, a Farm Service Center tailored specifically for Afghan women farmers was officially opened for business in Kabul. There are already 6 other Farm Service Centers in Afghanistan – all funded by the United States government. This particular one was setup to specifically meet the needs of Afghan women farmers. According to a press release […]

August 16, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Maternity Hospital Inaugurated In Paktia Province

A new maternity hospital, “Gawhar Taj Bayat”, was officially inaugurated recently by the Bayat Foundation in Gardez, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia.  Paktia’s governor, Juma Khan Hamdard, some members of the Afghan parliament and local officials attended the ceremony. According to a press release issued by the Bayat Foundation, the new hospital […]

August 6, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

New schools in Paktya and Nangarhar provinces

Yesterday, Afghan and foreign officials inaugurated fifteen school buildings through out Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktya.  According to Mihrabuddin Shafaq, an official from the province’s education department told the media that schools were built in the Chamkani, Dand-e-Patan, Aryoub Zazi and Jani Khel districts of Paktya.  Funding for the projects were provided by the World […]

July 26, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

New road to make Bamyan to Kabul travel easier

This week, Habiba Sarobi, the governor of Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan, attended a road sealing ceremony with officials from New Zealand’s Provincial Reconstruction Team.  An important part of the Bamyan-Kabul Road will be paved with asphalt; this will open Bamyan to Kabul in the east and allow Bamyan farmers to take their produce to […]

July 22, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Program to Improve Work Conditions Launched

Amena Afzali, Afghanistan’s Minister of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled told reporters today that the Afghan government, working with representatives of labor and union, and with support from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations have launched a program to create better working conditions for Afghans, especially for women, children and people […]

July 17, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Human Rights

School for the deaf to be built in Kabul

On five-acres of land donated by the Afghan government in April of this year, a new school that will educate deaf children will be built – possibly by the end of summer. Work on the perimeter wall already started yesterday. The Afghan National Association for the Deaf (ANAD) is working with a US based nonprofit […]

June 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development

Video: Afghan Air Corps provide help to local Afghan citizens

The Afghan National Army Air Corp has performed their first-ever humanitarian assistance distribution mission with support from their Combined Air Power Transition Force mentors.

June 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Human Rights, Security in Afghanistan

New Girls’ High School To Be Built In Kabul

Afghan and foreign officials attended a brick laying ceremony earlier this week to mark the construction of a new High School for girls in Kabul.  The school is called Sir Asiab Girls’ High School and will accomodate approximately 3500 students.  The school will have 20 classrooms, and construction is expected to be completed by the […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education Takes Over Responsibility Of The National Women’s Dormitory in Kabul

Yesterday, the National Women’s Dormitory was handed over from international donors to the Ministry of Higher Education during a ceremony at Kabul University. Acting Minister of Higher Education, Sarwar Danish, and other important Afghan and foreign officials were present at the ceremony. The Americans had built the dormitory originally in the 1970s, but years of […]

April 19, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Hospital improvements completed in Bamiyan and Laghman provinces

Habiba Sorabi, the governor of Bamiyan province in central Afghanistan, inaugurated a brand new surgery ward at the the Yakawlang District Hospital today. The surgery ward which includes a waiting room, will benefit thousands of people in the province. The project was funded by the U.S. government. Also, late last week, in Mihtarlam, the capital […]

April 18, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

A Successful Afghan Woman: General Khatool Mohammadzai

General Khatool Mohammadzai is Afghanistan’s first ever female paratrooper, and she is currently, the most senior female officer in the Afghan National Army. She has been in the Afghan Army for 26 years, and through out all these years, she’s made more than 500 parachute jumps. See video below about General Khatool Mohammadzai

April 7, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Security in Afghanistan, Women's Rights

Afghan Police Force Development

There have been major developments in the training and development of Afghanistan’s police force. Today, in a ceremony at its headquarters, Afghanistan’s Minister of Interior, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, who is responsible for the Afghan police, announced the centralization and standardization of the Afghan National Police recruiting system. According to the Afghan and foreign officials who […]

March 31, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan, Women's Rights