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		<title>Afghanistan wins cricket tournament!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿Afghanistan&#8217;s national cricket team today defeated Nepal by 7 wickets in the final match to win the 2013 ACC (Asian Cricket Council) Twenty20 Cup, which was held in Nepal. This is the the fourth time that Afghanistan has won this tournament. A total of 10 team from Asia participated in this year’s tournament. The teams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2013/04/03/afghanistan-wins-cricket-tournament/</link>
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		<title>School buildings to be constructed/reconstructed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations International Children&#8217;s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has agreed to grant Afghanistan&#8217;s education ministry with $68.5 million, according to a report yesterday from Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN). Per the report, under the agreement signed in Kabul, 2,270 schools will be built in Afghanistan&#8217;s rural areas to pave the way to provide education to 555,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2013/03/31/school-buildings-to-be-constructedreconstructed/</link>
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		<title>Band-e-Amir National park a hit with tourists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CBS news report shows how the extraordinary national park in Afghanistan is changing life there for the better.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2013/03/31/band-e-amir-national-park-a-hit-with-tourists/</link>
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		<title>Kunar University get a new building, and 2 bridges inaugurated in Ghor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿An inauguration ceremony was held today in Afghanistan&#8217;s eastern province of Kunar for a newly constructed building for the Syed Jamaludin Afghan University, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) has reported. The project to build the 2-story building was funded by the Minister of Higher Education at a cost $550,000, Kunar&#8217;s provincial governor, Syed Fazlullah Wahidi, told [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2013/02/11/kunar-university-get-a-new-building-and-2-bridges-inaugurated-in-ghor/</link>
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		<title>New turbines inaugurated; western provinces to see increase in power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Yesterday, the Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou came to Afghanistan to meet with Afghanistan&#8217;s Minister of Water and Energy Mohammad Ismael Khan. The two ministers attended an inauguration ceremony on Sunday for two newly operational Iranian-made electrical turbines, as well held talks to further expand ties between the neighboring countries. The new turbines have the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2013/01/28/new-turbines-inaugurated-western-provinces-to-see-increase-in-power/</link>
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		<title>Japan donates equipment and money to Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Yesterday, the government of Japan donated 8 snow-clearing machines to Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said. According to a Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) report, the machines are worth $1.6 million. The report added that 6 of the machines will be used to clear the Salang Pass of snow and the rest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/12/21/japan-donates-equipment-and-money-to-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>Development projects completed in Takhar and Badakhshan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Afghan official told the Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) today that nearly 240 projects benefiting 87,000 families have been completed in Afghanistan&#8217;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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/11/22/development-projects-completed-in-takhar-and-badakhshan/</link>
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		<title>Afghan boxer makes history &#8211; Wins WBO middleweight belt!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghan boxer Hamid Rahimi made history today by defeating Tanzanian Said Mbelwa in the 7th round via a technical knockout (TKO) to win the vacant World Boxing Organization Intercontinental middleweight belt in Kabul. This was the first international boxing event to be held in Afghanistan in 30 years. Millions of Afghans both inside and outside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/10/30/afghan-boxer-makes-history/</link>
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		<title>Development project almost completed in Balkh, and Islamic Center to be built in Kabul</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan&#8217;s Tolo News reported today that an international airport, a railway and a 400-bed hospital will soon be inaugurated in Afghanistan&#8217;s northern province of Balkh. Balkh&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/10/28/development-project-almost-completed-in-balkh-and-islamic-center-to-be-built-in-kabul/</link>
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		<title>8 million children vaccinated against polio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A three-day nationwide wide campaign to vaccinate around 8 million children against polio in Afghanistan recently concluded. The campaign, which was led by Afghanistan&#8217;s Ministry of Public Health, had started on September 16th and included 55,000 service provides, as well as 40 volunteers who went door-to-door to administer the anti-polio vaccines to children under 5 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/09/23/8-million-children-vaccinated-against-polio/</link>
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		<title>Iron processing factory opens in Herat, New masjid opens in Helmand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An large iron processing and melting factory was officially opened at the industrial park, in Afghanistan&#8217;s western province of Herat, last week. Herat&#8217;s provincial governor Daud Shah Saba, Afghanistan&#8217;s Commerce and Industries Minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi, and Afghanistan&#8217;s Economic Minister Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal attended the inaugural ceremony held to mark the event. Officials said that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/09/03/iron-processing-factory-opens-in-herat-new-masjid-opens-in-helmand/</link>
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		<title>Largest solar energy plant to be built in Bamiyan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand&#8217;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&#8217;s Bamiyan province. Construction is expected to be completed at the end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.goodafghannews.com/2012/08/02/largest-solar-energy-plant-to-be-built-in-bamiyan/</link>
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