Kabul University students have developed software which can make the understanding of traffic rules easy and prevent increasing number of traffic accidents. Agha Maluk and Muzda, the two students who developed the software, said after the activation…
The Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology on computerizing the commission’s administrative system. The MoU was signed between IARCSC acting…
The government has ‘verbally’ finalised a contract worth 28 million afghanis with a local company to develop a cell phone charges collection system for the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MoCIT), a source told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Abdul Raziq Wahidi on Tuesday said the internet facility would be provided to the university, the civil hospital and some schools in the capital of central Logar province. During a visit to Pul-i-Alam,…
A young man in the capital of northern Balkh province has innovated electrical appliances including traffic signal lights cheaper than installed in major cities. The youth has made different electrical switches, switching transformers, remote-controls, traffic signal lights and…
Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Raziq Wahidi on Monday said the country’s e-government system would be 70 percent implemented in the next two years. Wahidi told a press conference here that the e-government system was being introduced…
Work on putting down a 33-kilometre optic-fiber cable between the provincial capital and Ghulam Khan dry port was launched on Thursday in southeastern Khost province. The optic-fiber cable would be extended to the port near the Pakistan…
President Ashraf Ghani has stressed the need for a proper mechanism to resolve problems being faced by universities, calling for all higher educational institutes to be connected through the internet. The president, who inaugurated the 11th conference of information…
The US Embassy on Monday announced the 2016 Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Technology Idea (Tech-I) competition for Afghan entrepreneurs. GIST Tech-I is an annual competition for science and technology entrepreneurs aged 18-40. Winners will be…
KABUL’s financial and budgetary commission on Monday said charging the 10 percent tax on cell phone users was illegal after a presidential decree imposing the levy had been rejected by the lower house. The lower house earlier this month rejected…
KABUL’s leading total communications provider, on Tuesday announced it was the recipient of another five Stevie Awards including three gold at the 12th Annual International Business Awards (IBAs) in Toronto, Canada. IBAs is the world’s premier business awards program in…
Ten individuals have been honoured at the first-ever Afghan Social Media Awards ceremony that took place in Kabul, organisors said on Thursday. Heelai Noor, one of the organisors, said the ceremony was part of the Impassion Afghanistan’s third…
A student of the Institute of Mechanics in southeastern Khost province on Tuesday claimed inventing a door that gets automatically locks in case of a bomb blast or another heavy sound. Faizullah Mangal, in an exclusive interview…
A resident of Nawar district of southern Ghazni province has woven Surah Yasin into a carpet, a task that took him 12 years to complete. Khuda Dad Haidari, with the help of his two daughters and a…
Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Abdul Razaq Wahidi on Saturday said the government earned more than 83 million afghanis in new taxes on cell phone subscribers since levied 10 days back. Wahidi told journalists in Kabul a new…
The technology firm TechNation has launched efforts at developing internet software for young innovators to solve some of the most challenging social and environmental problems. The effort is part of “Innovation Labs Afghanistan” project which has been so…
KABUL -- Afghanistan’s first digital media agency -- on Thursday announced awards for 10 innovative users of social media in the country after a certain evaluation process. Ahmad Shuja, founding partner of the agency, told journalists in Kabul the aim…
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) on Monday tendered his resignation against what he said to register protest over widespread but the ministry’s officials rejected his claim as baseless. Nasrat Rahimi said one…
KABUL Broadcast System (ABS), an Afghan-owned media company based in Kabul, on Wednesday celebrated the launch of Afghanistan’s first digital television service. The introduction of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is placing Afghanistan’s television sector on the same footing as some…
The Technology Development Organisation would introduce 14 mobile phone apps (applications) over the next two months to enable people to find access to various services like healthcare via the Internet, an official said on Thursday. Omar Mansoor Ansari,…
TechNation, a Kabul-based Technology Development Organisation, would introduce 14 mobile phone apps (applications) over the next two months to enable people to find access to various services like healthcare via the Internet, an official said on Thursday. Omar…
In a latest development, Pajhwok Afghan News has formally launched Mobile App “Pajhwok” services available on Android an iOS mobile operating system. The Mobile app can be operated through smart phones. Pajhwok mobile application is a news application…
KABUL team for the first time. Nasrullah Niazi, who belongs to the Andar district of southern Ghazni province, is currently living with his family in the UAE, where he studies in a school. A resident of the Zarin’s Niazo village,…
A young man, who constructed a helicopter in the Greshk district of southern Helmand province, claimed on Thursday receiving threats from unknown individuals over his project. It took one and a half years for the 18-year-old Ishaq Khan…
