Thirteen Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA) employees have been sent to Turkmenistan for receiving a technical training. The ARA in a statement said: “About 13 employees of the railway authority have traveled to Turkmenistan through Tor Ghundi port for…
A training course in the fashion design industry has got under way for Afghan women in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar. The initiative would create new livelihoods for Afghan women, hoped chief guest Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, director of…
Taliban militants have captured a police training center in Sayedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province, locals and the Taliban said. Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that the group captured a ‘major base and Police Academy’ in…
KABUL Air Force (AAF) says 300 of its pilots are undergoing training in different countries, hoping their return will add to its strength. An AAF general said this at a meeting in the United States, where several senior officials from…
As many as 1,000 fresh high school graduates would be imparted an 18-month online training in professional accounting by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in Kabul, an official said on Saturday. Mohammad Aqa Kohistani, head of…
The Afghan Journalists Protection Committee (AJPC) has arranged a two-day workshop for journalists of southeastern Khost province aimed at boosting their capacity and skills amid conflict. Farooq Jan Mangal, the AJPC head in southeast, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, Afghan professionals are being trained New Delhi on how to develop entrepreneurial and management skills. At least five Afghans are currently under training at the National Institute for…
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 minister said. The Higher Education Ministry says the new curriculum will be effective from first semester and a credit system is being introduced at all higher education institutions. Currently, the country lacks a uniformed syllabus and the credit system…
KABUL Bank has approved a $55 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to assist Afghan youth to advance their skills and competencies. Approved on Tuesday, the Afghanistan - Second Skills Development Project (ASDP II) focuses on building systems and…
KABUL), a training course for prison staff began in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of central Logar province, the team said on Wednesday. Aimed to introduce basic procedures related to prison maintenance, the lessons are focused on escorting prisoners, security in jail…
QALA-I-NAW (PAN, completed a sevenths month vocational training course in northwestern Badghis province on Tuesday, officials said. Funded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the project cost 22 million afghanis ($446,247), with the beneficiaries including 200 former rebels…
KHOST CITY/GARDEZ (PAN): A training programme for the capability-building of government officials has been launched in southeastern Paktia province, while dozens of people completed a literacy course in Khost province on Monday, officials said. The 24-day capacity-building training programme involves…
QALAT (PAN): A week-long workshop aimed training local journalists concluded in southern Zabul province on Saturday, an official said. Funded by the provincial reconstruction team, the workshop the first of its kind in Qalat, was organised by the Bost Cultural…
GARDEZ (PAN): As many as 1200 trainees passed out on completion of a two-month military training in southeastern Paktia province, an official said on Tuesday. The passing-out parade was held at the Regional Training Centre of the 203rd Thunder Military…
KABUL Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Friday. Gilani said his country was ready to train Afghan army, police and administration officials in coping with the aftermath of the 2014 withdrawal of foreign forces. At statement from the…
TARINKOT (PAN): Under a clear blue sky in central Uruzgan province, 160 Afghan National Police officials stood in formation awaiting their moment to be sworn in to secure their homes, families and country, graduating from the basic patrol course. Australian…
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): As many as 1,400 Afghan army recruits completed a two-month basic training in southern Kandahar province on Thursday, an official said. The graduates would be deployed to Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan, said Big. Gen. Abdul Hamid,…
SHARAN (PAN, Irrigation and Livestock in the southwestern province of Paktika has launched a program to teach local residents the skill of beekeeping. According to the department’s director, Hamidullah Tokhi, the training program cost $130 thousand (about six million afghanis)…
HERAT CITY (PAN): One hundred and eighty-two policemen graduated from a training centre in western Herat province on Thursday, an official said. The new graduates would be deployed to different parts of the country, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for…
HERAT CITY (PAN): One hundred and eighty-two policemen graduated from a training centre in western Herat province on Thursday, an official said. The new graduates would be deployed to different parts of the country, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, a spokesman for…
