Archive for the ‘Reconstruction and Development’ Category

2 new school buildings inaugurated and 2 new school buildings to be built in northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced yesterday and today that 2 new school buildings have been opened, and two new school buildings will be built in northern Afghanistan. In Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis, a new building for a girl’s elementary school in Qadis district has been opened. The new building took 1 year to build […]

April 3, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Afghans give back, donate $1 million to Japanese people affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency (BAN) reported today that a check for $1 million was given to Japan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rechero Takachi. The money will go towards helping the Japanese people affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. The money was handed over by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zalmai Rasool and Minister […]

March 30, 2011 · admin · 2 Comments
Posted in: Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development

Afghanistan’s National Museum To Be Expanded

In an effort to preserve Afghanistan’s cultural heritage, yesterday, in a ceremony held in the Nuristani room at the National Museum of Afghanistan, the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, pledged $5 million to support the planning, designing and constructing of a new museum building. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by […]

March 16, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Reconstruction and Development

3 New School Buildings To Be Built In The North and Teachers Get Pay Raise In Kandahar

Yesterday, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that 2 new school buildings will be built in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar and another school building will be built in neighboring Kunduz province. In Takhar province, the new school buildings will be built for the Haji Pahlawan and Haji Abdul Satar Middle Schools, located in Barak district. […]

March 13, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

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
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Further improvement in Afghanistan’s Health System: TB lab opened and clinic to be constructed

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported yesterday that the first-ever tuberculosis (TB) laboratory was opened in the western province of Herat. The laboratory has the capacity to diagnose patients from five different provinces – Herat, Nimroz, Badghis, Farah and Ghor. The lab is part of the Herat Zonal Hospital, which took three years to complete at […]

March 4, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Laboratory and Library Inaugurated In Ghazni and Aid Given To Balkh Education Department

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education said today that a laboratory room and a library was inaugurated in the Amir Mohammad Khan High School in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni.  Education officials, community leaders, teachers and students attended the ceremony.  The laboratory was provided with 166 instruments and the library was provided with 750 educational books. Meanwhile […]

March 2, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

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 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Environmental Issues, Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development

One school building completed and two more will be built in eastern Afghanistan

A new school building for the Arazee High School in the Khas Kunar district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar was recently inaugurated, according to a press release from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. Fazlullah Wahidi, the provincial governor of Kunar, education officials, community leaders, students and teachers attended the opening ceremony of the new building. […]

February 21, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

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
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

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
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Girl’s Middle School In Kunduz Gets New Building

Today, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced that a new school building for the Haji Hussein Girl’s Middle School in the Aliabad district of Kunduz province has been inaugurated. Government officials, community leaders, teachers and students attended the opening ceremony. The new building took 8 months to build at a cost of $341,000. Funding for the […]

February 14, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights