Reconstruction

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Minister of Higher Education says that teachers’ commitment and comprehensive support from officials are key factors in strengthening Afghanistan’s higher education system.

At a regular meeting of the Technical Committee of the Economic Commission, a proposal to transfer water from the Kunar River to the Darunta Dam was deemed eligible for approval.

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Information and Culture Department officials say three historical artifacts dating back to the Ahmad Shahi period have been found during the reconstruction of Ahmad Shah Baba's house in southern Kandahar province.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The remaining part of the 52-kilometer Armalk-Laman road, an important and strategic part of Afghanistan’s Ring Road, has been completed at a cost of $3.8 million, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Friday.

A new school building has been constructed and inaugurated in the Almar district of northern Faryab province at a cost of nearly 16 million afghanis, funded by the Kingdom of Norway.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) will restore the khanqah (Sufi lodge) attributed to Mawlana Balkhi’s father in northern Balkh province.

The Economic Commission (EC) has approved the construction of a substation for the Barikab Industrial Park in central Parwan province at a cost of 360 million afghanis, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said on Sunday.

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that over the past three years, the National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved 562 projects worth approximately 130.6 billion Afghanis, achieving savings of around five billion Afghanis in project contracts.

The Qatari charity Al-Gharafa has built 108 homes for needy families in Farah province and the construction of two mosques and a hospital is expected to be completed soon.

Three individuals have been arrested for illegally cutting pistachio forests in the Sang-i-Atash district of western Badghis province, while another man detained on narcotics-related charges.

The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) says contracts for two road construction projects in central Parwan province, worth more than 983 million afghanis, have been signed.

Construction of 18 development projects worth 72 million Afghanis has been completed in central Kapisa province, an official said Tuesday.