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Another school building completed in Samangan province

Earlier this week, a new building for the Sayeedabad Girl’s Middle School in the Ferooz Nakhcher district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan was inaugurated, according to Afghanistan’s Bakhtar news agency. Afghan education officials said the new building was built in 7 months at a cost of $160,000.  Funding for the project came from Sweden. […]

December 17, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

New hospital to be built in Kabul and Health Ministry to get $43 million to improve public health services

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry has said that the government of Japan has pledged to build a new hospital in Kabul. According to the report, the 80-bed, single-story building will be constructed in the Darul-Aman neighborhood at a cost of $31, 307,646. “The hospital will have all necessary equipment and […]

December 15, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Two new school buildings inaugurated in northern Afghanistan

According to an official from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, a building for the Nasir Khan Kheil Girl’s Primary School in the Hesah Awal Kohistan district of Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Kapisa was inaugurated today. The new school building is surrounded by a wall, and it has 9 classrooms, 1 administrative room, 12 restrooms and a […]

December 13, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

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

Two new school buildings completed and an agreement signed to build another

Two new school buildings have been opened this week, and an agreement has been signed to build another one, according to an official from  Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education. Today, Habiba Sorabi, the governor of Bamyan province, and Mohammad Reza Ida, the province’s head of the education department, students, and teachers attended an inauguration ceremony for […]

December 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

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
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Two new school buildings inaugurated in western Afghanistan

Earlier this week, according to a press release issued by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, two new school buildings were inaugurated in western Afghanistan. The first building is for the boys and girls Tajekhaa Primary School in the Muqur district of Badghis province. The building was built in 6 months at a cost of 47, 000 […]

December 1, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Improvements Being Made To Balkh Public Hospital

The Balkh Public Hospital in the city of Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh is currently under reconstruction, according to a NATO news release issued today. The reconstruction project will increase the capability of the hospital for expanded treatment as well as routine checkups. The hospital treats hundreds of patients every day, and […]

November 28, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Two Nangarhar clinics receive upgrades

The Afghan government recently completed refurbishment projects on two clinics in the Darah-ey Noor district in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a NATO news release said today. The cost of the construction work was $66,000 and it took more than a year and a half to complete. The project added a waiting room, a food […]

November 24, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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Afghan police stations in Badghis get winter equipment

Five Afghan police stations in the Qal’eh-ye Now district of Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis received necessary winter equipment recently.  According to a NATO news release today, “The equipment consisted of 145 winter coats, 36 pairs of winter shoes, 145 pairs of boots, 145 pairs of gloves, 80 winter hats, 105 blankets, five heaters and […]

November 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan

New Courthouse Built In Afghanistan’s Kapisa Province

On Saturday, November 13, 2010, Afghan officials and members of the Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a new courthouse in the Nejrab District of Afghanistan’s north eastern province of Kapisa. A NATO news release issued today said that the “courthouse facilities consists of a justice center, […]

November 15, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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3000 Ghazni residents get new water supply network

Earlier in the week, the second phase of a major development project concluded where a water supply network was expanded in the southern part of Ghazni city. The work was managed by the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). According to a NATO news release today, “almost 8 kilometers of pipeline and necessary fittings were installed, […]

November 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development