Archive for the ‘Security in Afghanistan’ Category
New school building and police logistics center to built in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced today that a foundation stone laying ceremony has been held for a new school building that will be built for the Haidar Khani High School in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman. Afghan officials, students and teachers attended the ceremony, according to the announcement. Funding for the project will come from [...]
November 13, 2011
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Major agreement signed to protect children in Afghanistan
Today in Kabul, the Afghan government and officials from the United Nations signed an agreement to end recruitment of children in security forces. This is a major achievement because in a United Nations report last year, Afghanistan was listed as one of the countries which had child soldiers. Today’s agreement will prevent under-age recruitment into [...]
January 30, 2011
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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
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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.В 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
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Afghan entertainers put on concert for Afghan soldiers
In order to boost the morale of the Afghan troops, some popular Afghan entertainers like Seeta Qasemi, Wajeha Rastagar, Ahmad Fanoos, and Shafiq Mureed put on a concert for them late last week.В The concert was held in the Kabul Military Training Center, and more than 5,000 soldiers and support staff were in attendance. Below [...]
October 24, 2010
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Revenue increases in Samangan and Herat
In Afghanistan’s northern province of Samangan, the head of the coal mining enterprises told Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) that revenues from the Dara-e-Sauf coalmine has tripled. 300 million afghanis has been made in the first six months of this year, compared to the 102 million afghanis during the same period in 2009. According to the [...]
September 28, 2010
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Afghan National Army Gets 29 More Female Officers
Yesterday, a graduation ceremony was held for 29 Afghan women who completed advanced training, and are now 2nd lieutenants in the Afghan National Army. There are already close to 300 women in the Afghan Army, however, these women are the first to have graduated from a formalized training program. The women learned basic military skills, [...]
September 24, 2010
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Afghan K-9 program saves lives, improves security
According to a NATO news report, an impressive K-9 (canine) program which is being used to save the lives of Afghans has been built in Afghanistan’s Mine Detection and Dog Center (MDC) in Kabul. Improvised explosive devices (IED) and landmines are a major threat in Afghanistan, and so Afghan specialists have trained dogs to “search [...]
September 3, 2010
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Video: Afghan Air Corps provide help to local Afghan citizens
The Afghan National Army Air Corp has performed their first-ever humanitarian assistance distribution mission with support from their Combined Air Power Transition Force mentors.
June 8, 2010
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Pay By Cell Phone Program Implemented To Reduce Corruption In Afghanistan
Currently, it is difficult for an Afghan National Police officer working in a remote or high risk part ofВ Afghanistan to receive his or her paycheck.В The payment process is very manual and this has led to corruption where police pay is being lost. To help resolve this issue, the Ministry of Interior and the [...]
May 3, 2010
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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
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A Successful Afghan Woman: General Khatool Mohammadzai
General Khatool Mohammadzai is Afghanistan’s first ever female paratrooper, and she is currently, the most senior female officer in the Afghan National Army. She has been in the Afghan Army for 26 years, and through out all these years, she’s made more than 500 parachute jumps. See video below about General Khatool Mohammadzai
April 7, 2010
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