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The opening of the refurbished Farah City Orphanage celebrated

In Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Farah, a celebration was held on Sunday (April 11th) to mark the opening of the refurbished Farah City Orphanage. Afghan officials, led by Farah Provincial Governor Rahul Amin, and foreign officials from NATO participated in the celebrations. They spent time with the children (ages 4-18) who live in the orphanage. […]

April 14, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New Hospital Opens in Bagram

Yonhap News Agency from South Korea reported on Sunday that Afghan and South Korean officials opened a new hospital in Bagram, Parwan Province. Construction on the hospital had started in June of last year.  The hospital will be run by South Koreans with help from 25 local Afghans. It is a two-story building; it has […]

April 12, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Development projects in Nangarhar and Ghazni provinces

The construction of an eight-room primary school, and a social center was completed this week in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. The primary school is in the Sheikh Misri returnee township, and the social center is in the Behsud district of the province.  The social center has two rooms, a hall and a library. Both […]

April 8, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

New School and Police Headquarters Opened In Herat Province

Earlier this week, Afghan and foreign officials opened a new school in Seyawashan village in Gozara district and a new police headquarters building for Herat’s 6th District. The school covers nearly 800 square-meters; it contains ten classrooms, and is equipped with all general services, including a multi-purpose sports field. The police headquarters is a 1,000 […]

April 7, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan

Another road project in Paktika inaugurated

Yesterday, an Afghan official told the media that a road construction project was inaugurated in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktika. The $140 million construction project is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. It will begin at Urgun and go to Sarobi district.

April 7, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development

Cornerstone laying ceremony for new Afghan Defense University held at Qarghah

Today, in Qarghah (Kabul province),  a cornerstone laying ceremony was held to officially establish the site of the soon to be built Afghan Defense University (ADU) headquarters, and the new site of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan, which is modeled after the well known U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The ADU will educate […]

April 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan

Road maintenance project in Kandahar province

According to a press release issued today by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), a project to conduct routine and emergency maintenance work on three critical roads (Arghanda road, the Panjwai road and the Southern Bypass) will begin in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. According to the press release, “the maintenance work will […]

April 6, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Train The Trainers: Balkh Province Gets A New Teachers Training Facility

Yesterday, Afghan and German officials inaugurated a brand new teachers training facility in Mazar-e-Sharif (Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan). The building, which sits on 1/5 hectare of land is two stories tall.  It has 22 classrooms and nine administrative offices, and the facility will be able to educate 3200 students. The project took one year to […]

April 4, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

ADB invests in energy distribution company in order to increase access to safe and reliable energy in Afghanistan

The Philippines based Asian Development Bank (ADP) sent out a press release earlier this week that they will invest up to $8 million dollars and buy a 25% stake in Sungas LLC, a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor in Afghanistan.  As a result of this, Sungas will be able to further expand its distribution through […]

April 1, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development

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

Masjid Restoration at Bagram Airfield

The video story below is about a masjid (mosque) at Bagram Airfield being restored and used by the Muslims working there.

March 30, 2010 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development

Poppies replaced with pistachio trees

In an effort to eliminate Afghanistan’s dependence on illegal opium farming, Afghan and foreign reconstruction teams from Spain have recently completed a year long project in Badghis province where the illicit crop was replaced with pistachio trees.  Qal`eh-ye Now is just one of many villages in Badghis province that has greatly benefited from this project. […]

March 29, 2010 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development