Archive for the ‘Reconstruction and Development’ Category

Development projects completed in Takhar and Badakhshan

An Afghan official told the Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) today that nearly 240 projects benefiting 87,000 families have been completed in Afghanistan’s northern province of Takhar this year. The projects completed include such things as the graveling of 154 km of road, construction of 600 small bridges, laying of 9 km of water supply pipes, […]

November 22, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Development project almost completed in Balkh, and Islamic Center to be built in Kabul

Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported today that an international airport, a railway and a 400-bed hospital will soon be inaugurated in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh. Balkh’s deputy governor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat said that the airport which has been overseen by a Turkish company and is being funded by Germany and the United Arab Emirates is […]

October 28, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghan Sports News, Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development

Iron processing factory opens in Herat, New masjid opens in Helmand

An large iron processing and melting factory was officially opened at the industrial park, in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, last week. Herat’s provincial governor Daud Shah Saba, Afghanistan’s Commerce and Industries Minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi, and Afghanistan’s Economic Minister Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal attended the inaugural ceremony held to mark the event. Officials said that […]

September 3, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Largest solar energy plant to be built in Bamiyan

New Zealand’s government announced today that they will fund the largest solar energy plant in Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said that they will provide 18.6 million NZ dollars ($15.05 million US) so that a solar energy system can be built in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province. Construction is expected to be completed at the end […]

August 2, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development

New building to be built in Baghlan and renovations begin in Ghazni

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency (BNA) reported today that the foundation stone of a new building for Baghlan University was laid down in Pul-e Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. The new building will be 2 stories high, and will have both administrative and teaching sections. Once the building is completed, the issue of classroom shortage […]

July 15, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Education, Reconstruction and Development

Minister: Power station and dam to be reconstructed

Mohammad Ismael Khan, Afghanistan’s Minister of Water and Power, during a visit to Afghanistan’s north eastern province Baghlan last week announced that the Pul-e Khumri power station and the Kilagi dam would be reconstructed. The minister added that funding for the project will come from Germany and the World Bank. The trip to Baghlan is […]

July 8, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development

Oil Project Starts In Northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s 1st Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, various Afghan ministers, provincial governors, other officials, as well as the Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, attended a special ceremony today marking the start of operations of the Amu Darya River Basin oil deposits, which are located in northern Afghanistan’s Sar-i-Pol province. The fields are expected to contain more […]

June 24, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Carpet processing factory inaugurated in Herat

A carpet processing factory was inaugurated today in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, according to a report from Afghanistan’s Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). The project was funded by the United States government at a cost of $500,000. This facility will provide more employment opportunities for Afghans, and it will be another big boost for the […]

June 16, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Foundation stones for two new school buildings laid in Laghman province

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a ceremony was held in which officials, community leaders, students, and teachers attended to celebrate the laying of the foundation stones for two new schools that will be built in the province. The first building is for the Mandar Awal High School and the other is for the […]

June 2, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Japan funds construction of roads and hospital in Afghanistan

A press release issued today by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said that a ceremony was held today in Afghanistan’s province of Bamiyan to celebrate the construction work that that has started on the construction of the Foladi Valley Road. Officials from the United Nations, Provincial Governor Habiba Sorabi, as well as […]

May 20, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Health News, Reconstruction and Development

New Facilities for a Hospital and Student Teaching College

Public Health Director Dr. Noor Ahmad Sherzad told Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) that an upgrade, which included the addition of a new building to a 56 year old public hospital in Nimroz province, was recently completed. He added that patients who have previously relied upon the western Herat province zonal hospital will find this facility […]

May 10, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights

Khost gets new medical university; water improvements made in Jalalabad

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported Saturday that the Ahmad Shah Baba Medical University was officially opened at a well attended inaugural ceremony. The private university is the first of its kind in the southeastern Khost province. It is fully equipped, and staffed by local and foreign teachers. There are currently 105 students, though there is […]

April 29, 2012 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Health News, Reconstruction and Development