Archive for the ‘Reconstruction and Development’ Category

Reports: $100 million food processing plant and new hospital to be built in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Tolo news reported two days ago that the Dubai based ANHAM contracting firm “will invest $100 million in Afghanistan to build a food processing plant and a logistics hub covering 5,000 hectares of land.” The report cited the Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA) as saying that the project will create thousands of jobs, and […]

September 12, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Two new schools built in northern Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that 2 new school buildings have been inaugurated in northern Afghanistan. The first school building is for the Bala Murghab High School in the Murghab district of Badghis province. According to a ministry official, the building took 1 year to build at a cost $471,285. The buildings consists of […]

August 28, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

13 schools in 8 different provinces to be completed over the next 6 months

According to a report yesterday from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN), contracts have just been signed for the building of thirteen new schools in eight different provinces in Afghanistan.  These schools will be constructed over the next six months, at a cost of more than $1.6 million. These schools will give almost 8,500 students the opportunity […]

August 17, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Law and Justice Library Opens in Logar Province

Logar’s provincial government and the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) opened a new law and justice library building for the provincial court in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Logar province, a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic said today. According to the release, more than 100 hundred employees […]

August 14, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Human Rights, Reconstruction and Development

Bala Hisar Fort reconstruction survey begins; New park to be built in Kabul

  Hamidullah Sarwary, the Director of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News, that a reconstruction survey of the old Bala Hisar Fort in southern Ghazni province is currently underway. A project to restore the Fort will begin shortly after the survey is completed, and the millions it is expected to cost is being paid […]

August 7, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Environmental Issues, Reconstruction and Development

Four New Schools To Be Built In Sar-e Pol Province

Last week, the Wakht News Agency (WNA) reported that the Ministry of Education announced that the foundations for four schools have been poured in the northern province of Sar-e Pol. Officials from the provincial education department, tribal elders and teachers attended the foundation stone laying ceremonies for the schools. Per the WNA report, a school […]

August 7, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Important Herat Road To Be Asphalted

According to a Wakht News Agency (WNA) report on Saturday, an important 2 kilometer road in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat will be asphalted.  According to the report, the road is “between the accountant office and the area of Takht-e-Safar crossing the central part of Herat city”. Herat’s governor, Daoud Saba, said that funding for […]

August 1, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development

Cashmere processing plant and cement factory recently inaugurated

A cashmere processing plant was inaugurated in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Saturday, a report from USAID (United States Agency for International Development) said today. According to the report, the “Herati Cashmere and Skin Processing Plant will be able to process more than 400 kilograms of raw cashmere each day through its line of […]

July 31, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development

Officials: Kabul Soon To Have Metro Bus System

Last week, Tolo News reported that according to Kabul Municipality officials, Kabul will soon have a new Metro bus system. This new Metro bus system is being funded with the financial assistance of the World Bank. This system is expected to help with the many traffic issues that Afghans in Kabul currently face, such as […]

July 26, 2011 · admin · One Comment
Posted in: Reconstruction and Development

Construction work completed on one school building and work started on another

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a new building for the Shaheed Mohammad Ismael Middle School was recently inaugurated in the Alingar district of Afghanistan’s north eastern province of Laghman. According to a ministry official, the school building took 9 months to build at a cost of $32,000. It has 4 classrooms, 2 administrative […]

July 25, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Education, Reconstruction and Development

Hundreds to get electricity in Bamiyan province

A project to provide electricity to 750 homes and 500 business in Afghanistan’s central province of Bamiyan was recently announced, according to a report today from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). The project includes the installation of two generators that will produce 1200 kilowatts of electricity. Habiba Sarobi, the governor of the province told PAN that […]

July 14, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Reconstruction and Development

Reports: New development projects to begin and others have been completed in Afghanistan

Across Afghanistan there are scores of new development projects that will either soon be launched or have been completed. Many of these projects will not only bring much needed infrastructure and money to the Afghan government, but also bring much needed services to the people of Afghanistan. On July 2, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported […]

July 5, 2011 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development