44 telecom sites approved for remote Paktika parts

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MoCIT) has approved 44 new telecom sites in remote areas of southeastern Paktika province.

Once built, these sites will provide telecom services to residents in remote areas of the province.

Inayatullah Alokozai, spokesman for MoCIT, wrote on his X handle that Acting Minister Maulvi Najibullah Hayat Haqqani, as part of his ongoing provincial visits, travelled to Paktika to assess telecommunications services.

During the visit, Haqqani assured relevant officials and local residents that the ministry was paying special attention to remote areas of the country and was striving to ensure that all parts of Afghanistan have access to telecom services.

He said approval has been granted for 44 new telecom towers in the remote areas of Paktika that currently lack such services.

Earlier, under the TDF’s 10th phase project, 29 telecom towers had been approved to expand services in remote parts of the province.

According to the ministry, this brings the total number of telecom towers in Paktika to 73.

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