KABUL more than $13.5 million in aid to help develop irrigation system and increase rice production in some provinces under a contract signed on Saturday. The contract was signed between Afghan Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Minister Asadulalh Zameer, chargé d'affaires…
KABUL, the Presidential Palace here announced on Saturday. At a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani on Friday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven promised the assistance and urged improved relations between the two countries. Löfven renewed Sweden’s continued committed to supporting…
A number of earthquake-affected families in northern Takhar province complain relief goods meant for distribution to them have been taken home by police, illegal armed men and government officials. A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Afghanistan on Oct. 26,…
The Afghan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) on Monday said it was able to reach out to 50 percent of earthquake-affected families with aid which could not be delivered in insecure areas or remote areas with dilapidated roads.…
A number of businessmen and residents on Monday announced donating one million afghanis in total to the university in southeastern Paktia province to help resolve some problems on the campus. The announcement was made at a gathering held…
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Work on a number of development projects of public welfare has been launched in eastern Nangarhar and central Maidan Wardak provinces, officials said Wednesday. Director of Public Health Dr. Najib Kamawal told Pajhwok Afghan News five projects…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL (PAN): The Afghan Air Force officially received two C-130 transportation aircrafts during a ceremony in Kabul, the Ministry of Defence said late on Wednesday, amid calls for international efforts to strengthen the nascent force. Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi…
KABUL): Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul met his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday. The two ministers discussed the bilateral relationship and…
KABUL Bank has approved a $50 million grant through International Development Association (IDA) to help Afghan government reinforce legal, regulatory and institutional reforms, the bank said on Thursday. A series of two programmatic grants --- the Development Policy Programmatic Series: “Promoting…
JALALABAD (PAN in eastern Nangarhar province. The party chief for rge eastern zone, Abdul Rahim Saraf, told Pajhwok Afghan News the assistance followed a fund-raising campaign for purchasing food items for the poor households. He said the items included flour,…
KABUL): Senior officials on Tuesday reviewed progress so far made on the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework during a meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the meeting, the Ministry of Finance presented its annual report for 2012 titled…
KABUL (PAN): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday agreed to grant $68.5 million to the education ministry, an official said. Under an agreement signed in Kabul, 2,270 schools will be built in rural areas to pave the ground…
KABUL (PAN): The Afghan National Army demonstrates the value of their new armoured vehicles supplied by the United States.
KABUL after 2014, when most of combat foreign troops are scheduled to leave, owing to a waning donor interest and insecurity, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. "A lot of aid organisations were protected by the…
KABUL Bank Group (WBG) chief, Jim Yong Kim, who met with President Hamid Karzai and other senior officials, on Thursday said the group was committed to helping the Afghans to promote growth and reduce poverty during and after the withdrawal…
KABUL (ARCS) in assistance through the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. In a brief statement, the ministry said the aid would be distributed to war victims, widowed women. The Afghan Embassy in Washington has requested for the assistance. pr/ma
KABUL (PAN): US Ambassador Stephen G. McFarland and Minister of Counter-Narcotics Zarar Moqbel Osmani on Tuesday signed an agreement allocating id="mce_marker"8.2 million (939 million afghanis) for programs supported by the Good Performers Initiative (GPI) awards. GPI awards were presented to…
KABUL’s Garden, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. “Tens of thousands of families have already received assistance thanks to a coordinated effort by the government of Afghanistan and the international community," Afghan Refugee and Repatriation Minister Dr. Jamaher Anwary…
KABUL (PAN): Minister of Education Ghulam FarooqWardak on Tuesday opened the National Agricultural Education Centre (NAEC), a Dutch-funded project that trains Afghan teachers for the agricultural sector. Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in the Netherlands is the implementing partner of…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Insecurity has displaced more than 2,000 families over the past two years in northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday. So far 5,000 displaced families had been registered, Director of Refugees Abdul Saboor Qadri told a ceremony…
WASHINGTON (PAN): An eminent American think-tank, known for its close ties with the Pentagon, on Thursday recommended large-scale Indian military training of Afghan officials. RAND Corporation said that India’s role in Afghanistan. In its latest paper on Afghanistan, the…
On 20-21 May in Chicago, NATO will not be the only subject on the agenda, but it will be one of the most important. At the last NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, NATO and ISAF, together with the…
