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Modern farming equipment given to Afghan farmers

In an effort to encourage Afghan farmers to stop growing opium, and instead focus on alternative crops such as wheat, officials from the Afghan government, a British Battalion and a Relief agency held a ceremony, and provided modern farming equipment to Afghan farmers in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province. The farmers were given […]

May 26, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Hairatan – Mazar-e-Sharif railway to be completed soon

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance announced to the media today that a key railroad project, the construction of the Hairatan – Mazar-e-Sharif railway, will be completed in 4 months. In a press release issued today, the Ministry stated that “the new railway line will connect Mazar-e-Sharif to Hairatan, on the northern border with Uzbekistan, removing bottlenecks, […]

May 25, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Americans Restore Historic Masjid

The Goldasta Masjid in Kabul was built a long time ago, some sources claim about 800 years ago. While some of it was destroyed during the 1990s, its main structure withstood the decades of fierce fighting in Afghanistan. Last week, On May 19th, Minister of Information and Cultural Affairs Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, Minister of Religious […]

May 23, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development

Afghan cricket team raising funds to build schools

Afghanistan’s national cricket team has set up a website that sells cricket jerseys,  and the money they raise from the selling of these jerseys will go towards building a school in the village of each player. The idea to raise money to build schools was first introduced by one of the team’s star players, Mohammad […]

May 18, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Education, Reconstruction and Development

More now have access to electricity in Faryab and a new school in Uruzgan inaugurated

Afghan media reported earlier this week that around 6000 families in the Shirin Tagab district of Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab now have electricity. They are no longer dependent on the use of lamps to light their houses at night. Faryab Governor’s spokesman, Ahamd Jawed Bidar, told reporters that 11 electricity centers have been established in […]

May 13, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New School Building And Masjid Inaugurated In Balkh Province

Last week, On May 4th, Afghan officials, led by Balkh Governor, Atta Mohammad, and officials from NATO inaugurated a new school building for the Ali Chapan School in Mazar-e-Sharif. The new school building has enough classrooms to meet the educational needs of 1,340 pupils.  According to a NATO press release, “the building cost €80,000 and […]

May 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Railway Development A Key To Afghanistan’s Economic Development

In order for Afghanistan to be able to increase the shipments of fuels, foods, construction material and various goods, it needs to have an extensive railway system. A railway system will reduce Afghanistan’s isolation, as well as decrease Afghanistan’s dependence on Pakistan in order to get goods in and out of the country. Moving goods […]

May 9, 2010 · admin · 4 Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Medical facilities re-open in Herat

A ceremony was held in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat yesterday to officially re-open and celebrate the completion of refurbishment activities on two medical facilities – a pediatric and a regional hospital. Structural repairs were done on the regional hospital, and new medical equipment were installed in the first aid, radiology, laboratory analysis, and operating […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

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

Jobs to be created in Zabul, dam construction starts, and development projects completed in Samangan

In Zabul province, two municipal landfills are being developed. The first one is in Qalat City, and the other is in Shajoy. This project will employ about 1,100 Afghans for the next three months. Improvement projects along the main bazaar road in Shajoy will employ another 400 workers. Over $1 million dollars is budgeted for […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

School building construction completes in Nangarhar and another starts in Ghazni

In the Trili village of Chaprihar district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the construction of a 30-room school building has been completed. Over 3,500 students will benefit from the school. As this construction comes to an end, a new school building project has been launched in southern Ghazni province. Construction on two other school building are […]

May 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Afghan Airline Industry Continues To Grow – Safi Airways Plans To Expand Fleet

Afghanistan’s second biggest airlines, Safi Airways, announced today at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) (currently taking place in Dubai) that it is planning on purchasing one Airbus A320 and leasing another this year.  The goal is to expand its fleet up to nine aircrafts by the year 2014. The Executive Vice Chairman of the company […]

May 4, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development