GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Construction work on a new building for the Sheikh Attar High School has been launched in southern Ghazni province, official said on Monday.

Education Director Hosni Mubarak Azizi told Pajhwok Afghan News the double-storey building would cost $270,000 (12,735,900 afghanis), to be provided by the Ministry of Counternarcotics.

The building for the night school would have 16 rooms with the capacity to accommodate 800 students in one shift, the director said, adding the structure would take four months to complete.

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