Photo: JALALABAD, Feb 8, 2010

JALALABAD, Feb 8, 2010: Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and an official of a Japanese construction company, PMS, inaugurate a newly constructed canal in the eastern province of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan, on Monday. The 23 kilometres canal which would irrigate 11500 acres of farmland was completed in seven years, officials say. PAJHWOK/Abdull Moheed Hashimi