KABUL’s information technology and telecommunications sector. Deputy spokesman for the CEO, Faridoon Khwazoon, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdullah delivered a speech during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event in Dubai on Monday. Abdullah told the event developments in Afghanistan’s…
KABUL Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the use of Public Credit Registry system aimed at providing regular credit reports, a statement from the power utility said on Sunday. DAB…
All security and defence centres as well as other government institutions are being equipped with Internet and information technology, an official said on Sunday. Sair Zaland, spokesman for the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT ), told…
President Ashraf Ghani has directed the construction of a school with focus on science and robot-making, a statement from the Presidential Palace said on Tuesday. The president issued the directives during a meeting with two members of the…
The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) on making quick postal services in the country. The MoU was signed between Head…
A number of people in western Ghor province say the government did not pay attention for the improvement of information technology infrastructure and internet speed in their province. Internet users in Ghor say that telecom companies did not…
An Afghan youth, who invented a solar water heater, claimed on Sunday he had received threats over the phone from unknown people after his invention. Wali Jan Sherzad, 33, a resident of Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province,…
KABUL, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, similar service is already running through AWCC, Roshan and Salaam. Luckily, telecommunication services have been provided and extended to every part of the country where other facilities and tools to collect information did not…
A leading telecom firm on Wednesday announced signing a partnership agreement on having Facebook servers placed in its data centres in the country. The partnership is designed to provide faster and higher-quality access to Facebook’s social network…
KABUL. In a press release, Siemens announced signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to the effect with the Bayat Power and the Afghan government. Upon completion, the project will provide more than 200 megawatts of electricity within the country --…
A university student in southeastern Khost province has designed a small military model tank. The student has urged the government to provide him technical tools and other resources. The innovator, Rashidullah, a resident of Hassanzai village in…
President Ashraf Ghani warned on Sunday that relentless terrorist activities, political instability and climate change were threatening the region. Addressing the OIC Science and Technology Summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakistan, Ghani said: “We are living in…
KABUL. Najib Nangal, spokesman for the (MoTT), told Pajhwok Afghan News the acting minister of telecommunications and technology, Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat, met Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra in Kabul. He said the opening of a terminal for Afghanistan in the…
KABUL could shine in every field and bring laurels home. Talking to a ceremony welcoming the Afghan girl robotics team in his office, Abdullah congratulated the team and said they proved the Afghan women and girls could shine globally. Talking…
The All-Afghan girl robotics team has won the Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli award for courageous achievement at the First Global Challenge in Washington. The six-member team, which arrived in the US over the weekend due to last-minute intervention…
President Ashraf Ghani has signed the bill on prevention of electronics crimes into law, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology said on Tuesday. Najib Nangyal, a spokesman for the IT ministry, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 27-article…
KABUL). USAID launched the University Support and Workforce Development Program’s IT Associate Degree (USWDP) in 2014 with support from the Central Georgia Technical College. The two-and-one-half year degree program addresses local market needs and meets international standards from community college…
KABUL to help local youth hone their skills. The AngelHack Global Hackathon Series in Kabul featured 35 Afghan youth, including university students, one of the organisers said. Behnaz Babazada, head of the AngelHack in Afghanistan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology on Friday asked mobile phone companies to avoid selling already activated SIM cards and instead sell un-activated cards. Acting telecom and IT minister Ahmad Shah Sadat told a press conference in…
Owner of the only marble factory in eastern Kunar province says his $250,000 investment was wasted after the government denied him contract. The factory started functioning three years ago but its operations came to a halt after the…
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) on Tuesday announced a 20 percent cut in internet prices. Sayed Ahmad Shah Sadat, deputy MCIT minister, told a press conference here that previously Kazakhstan offered per MB of internet…
The first-ever transformer manufacturing company involving a total investment of $7.5 million has been inaugurated in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Wednesday. Haji Zahir, in charge of the company, told Pajhwok Afghan News 80 people would…
Afghanistan, a top official informed the Senate on Friday. Islamabad has made a formal request to Kabul through the Foreign Office and the General Headquarters (GHQ)to reduce the strength of cellular frequencies. However, Afghanistan has not yet responded…
KABUL to European, American and Middle East countries. The MoU was signed between Afghan Post head Ahmad Wahid Wais and Turkish Cargo airline chief Nasim Jamal Muradian in capital Kabul. Wais said postal transfer of things in the past would…
