A six-kilometer road between Nahrain and Borka districts of northern Baghlan province has been graveled, officials said on Saturday. Baheer Shinwari, head of Public Works Department of Baghlan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the gravelling of Tawa Shakh Kotal…
Only 50 of around total 500 construction companies are operating in capital Kabul while the rest have suspended their activities due to economic issues and arrival of winter. SeyedJavadHaidari, head of New Afghanistan Construction Companies Union, told Pajhwok…
the governor of eastern Nurstain province says the Paron-Kunar highway is being constructed as per the contract and no changes would be made in the road’s width. Two days back, SaadullahPaindazoi, head of the Nuristan provincial council, told…
The Public Works Ministry says it has stopped surveying the Kabul-Jalalabad second highway due to security reasons but local people and officials say there is no security problem on the route and the ministry is making excuses to…
The construction process of as many as 334 school buildings kicked off in western Herat province on Tuesday by laying the foundation stone for a new school building, officials said. Herat governor Abdul Qayum Rahimi, inaugurating the…
Asphalt work on a three-kilometer road and graveling of another one kilometer road was launched on Wednesday in the capital of northern Samangan province. Eng. Sayed MuridSaraj, provincial public works director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the three-kilometer…
Hundreds of residents of southeastern Pakia province on Saturday staged a protest for the prompt construction of the Gardez-Zurmat highway. The demonstrators claimed officials had promised them several times construction of the highway but no action had been…
Five engineers of a road construction company have been kidnapped in Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Agha district chief, Mohammad Nasir Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News that five engineers belonged to…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): An oil-processing plant owned by the Ghazanfar Group has resumed activities after four months of closure at the Hairatan port in northern Balkh province, officials said on Monday. Having the capacity of refining 500 tons of oil annually,…
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): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday asked the departments concerned to initiate practical work on hydro power projects in central Bamyan and other southern provinces on a priority basis. Karzai said this while chairing an extraordinary meeting involving ministers of…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Ghazni Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the first-ever international airport in the southern province. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony, the governor hoped the mega project would be completed by the…
KABUL rose from 16,000 to more than 23,000 last year, officials said on Wednesday, hoping for a further increase. Omara Khan Massoudi, the National Museum director, said each Afghan visitor bought a ticket for 20 afghanis ($0.40) and a foreigner…
KABUL national museum. “The competition marks a significant, tangible milestone in both United States and Afghan support in promoting and protecting Afghanistan’s rich cultural heritage,” the US embassy said in a statement. The event, which calls for proposals of ideas…
JALALABAD (PAN): Up to 2,000 development projects, costing 11 billion afghanis (more than $222 million) have been executed over the past one year in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Governor Gul Aghan Sherzai said on Wednesday. Last year’s development spending…
GHAZNI (PAN in the capital and 18 districts of southern Ghazni province, officials said on Tuesday. Construction of the school buildings would take place simultanously, Education Director Ihsanullah Nashir told a news conference in Ghazni City. He said of the…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Funds amounting to $20 million (986.4 million afs) have been set aside for development projects to be completed next year in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Saturday. Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada told a meeting in…
JALALABAD (PAN schemes were launched and a fourth inaugurated in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Tuesday. A three-kilomentre water channel was constructed in eight months at a cost of $67,975, provided by the United Nations Human Settlements…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): A 12-kilometre road that was inaugurated in the capital of southern Ghazni province last month has been damaged, officials said on Tuesday. Low-quality materials were used in construction of the road linking Ghazni City with the Kabul-Kandahar…
HERAT CITY (PAN): A newly-constructed terminal was inaugurated at the Herat International Airport on Monday, officials said. The terminal, a joint venture of the Italian Provincial Reconstruction) and the United States, will help ensure proper services for passengers. The governor’s…
ASADABAD (PAN Minister Dr. Ghulam Farooq Wardak on Wednesday inaugurated a newly-constructed hostel at a teacher training institute in eastern Kunar province. A ceremony for the hostel in Asadabad was attended by Governor Syed Fazalullah Wahidi, head of the Islamic…
