Kabul Municipality Unveils First Metro Bus System

busTolo News: Kabul municipality on Thursday announced plans for the first phase of a metro bus system in the capital, the first major urban public transportation scheme in the country. Abdullah Habibzai, the acting mayor of Kabul said the first phase of the metro bus system in Kabul will start from Sarai Shamali and run through to Baraki Square. It will be completed within a year. Kabul will have 111 kilometers of metro bus system within the next three years, he said. He said that the bus system will help cut down on traffic in the nation’s most populated city.  Click here to read more (external link).

June 15, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan-India cargo flights to operate from June 15

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ANI: The first cargo flight of the Afghanistan-India air corridor, to take Afghan goods to India, will leave Kabul for New Delhi on June 15.  ACCI (Afghanistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries) deputy chairman Khan Jan Alkozay highlighted the potential of this project in empowering traders to export high quality [products] to the vast Indian market by air with minimum costs. Click here to read more (external link).

June 3, 2017 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy

100-bed neurosurgery hospital built by UAE inaugurated in Kabul

healthcare1TV: A 100-bed hospital was inaugurated in Kabul on Saturday for treatment of patients with neurological disease. The hospital, said to be biggest of its kind in the capital, is inaugurated as 71,000 cases of neurosurgery are recorded in Afghanistan each year, according to health officials. Click here to read more (external link).

April 15, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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Construction work of Sardar Daud Khan Hospital completed: MUDH

health1TV: The construction work of 400-bed Hospital in Kabul has been completed, officials said Sunday. The hospital is the main treatment center for wounded Afghan soldiers and its most parts were damaged following a deadly attack on March 8. “We were able to successfully reconstruct the hospital within three weeks through government budget, and now it is open for patients,” said Nilofar Langar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing. Click here to read more (external link).

April 2, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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First specialized surgical center for cardiac deformities established in Kabul

heart_small1TV: The Ministry of Public Health has established the first specialized surgical center for pediatric, newborn cardiac deformities at the Indira Gandhi Child Health Hospital in Kabul. The center was established with financial support from Italy, the Health Ministry said in a statement. Click here to read more (external link).

March 26, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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Nowroz Mubarak – Happy New Year!


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March 21, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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India plans building low-cost homes in Afghanistan

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TNN: India is planning to build affordable homes in Afghanistan meant for refugees in the country, as a part of its efforts to rebuild the war torn nation. There will be focus on sectors like irrigation and distribution of medicines too, said M Subbarayudu, the joint secretary for development partnership agreement, in the Indian ministry of external affairs. Click here to read more (external link).

February 26, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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Thousands of families in Afghanistan to get electricity

lightbulbAnadolu Agency: The Afghan government has inked a multi-million dollar electricity supply deal with an Indian firm that aims to connect more than 45 thousand families to the national grid in the energy-starved nation. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank, and it would cost $55.8 million dollars. Click here to read more (external link).

 

January 28, 2017 · admin · No Comments
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Afghanistan’s Shahzad named ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year

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Khaama Press: Afghan cricketer Mohammad Shahzad has been named as the ICC Associated and Affiliate Cricket of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC). “Afghanistan’s flamboyant wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has been named as the ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year after he finished as the leading ODI run-scorer with 699 runs in 16 one-day matches,” ICC said in a news release. He is the first Afghanistan player to win this award. Click here to read more (external link).

December 23, 2016 · admin · No Comments
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36 project contracts signed, providing job opportunities for over 180 thousand people

mrrd1TV: The Afghanistan Rural Rehabilitation Ministry (MRRD) has signed 36 development project contracts, worth 201,122,035 Afghanis with villages councils, providing job opportunities to more than 180 thousand people. The projects will include, construction of retaining walls, canals, intakes, bridges and roads and will be implemented in 17 provinces through the cohesion programs regional office of MRRD. Click here to read more (external link).

November 20, 2016 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation

Lazuli railway network to link Afghanistan to Europe and China soon

railwayKhaama Press: The Lazuli railway network is due to be inaugurated in the near future to link Afghanistan with the European countries and China via Central Asia. Mohammad Shaker Kargar, the special envoy of the President for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), said the inauguration of the railway network will act as an alternative to link the country with the global market. He said the railway network will resolve the inevitability the country is currently facing in terms of transit being dependent to other nations and will help expedite the transit process. Click here to read more (external link).

October 19, 2016 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy

9 Things to Love About Afghanistan

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Afghanistan is a source of great inspiration and resolve for its long-suffering citizens, for a number of reasons.

1.It is one of the youngest countries in the world, and children are its pride
2. A diversity of…everything
3. A hospitality like nowhere else
4. Tremendous patriotism, despite divisions
5. Women gain more visibility
6. Simplicity is King
7. Children going to school
8. Nan, nan and more nan
9. Tasty fruit above ground and fantastic mineral wealth below it

Click here to read details on globalvoices.org.

September 25, 2016 · admin · No Comments
Posted in: Cultural Heritage, Education, The Arts, Women's Rights