WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday lauded peace efforts promoted by the Afghan High Peace Council chairman Salahuddin Rabbani and she assured America’s continued support to Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): Spain on Wednesday pledged $6.6 million for the implementation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-supported Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Project (APRP) project.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A project for installing solar energy streetlights in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, was launched on Sunday, the mayor said.
MAIDAN SHAHAR (PAN): Residents on Saturday urged the Karzai administration to take emergency steps to assess the losses resulting from Friday’s suicide bombing in the capital of central Maidan Wardak province.
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Nearly 240 public welfare projects, benefiting 87,000 families, have been executed in northern Takhar province this year, an official said on Thursday.
JALALABAD (PAN): A provincial council member called off his strike against the delay in the reconstruction of a key bridge in the Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday.
HERAT CITY (PAN): A historical mosque in western Herat province -- the fourth biggest mosque of the world, will be renovated with donations from Afghan traders, an official said on Friday
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 4,000 students will benefit from two school buildings that were inaugurated in the central capital Kabul on Tuesday, officials said.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Construction work on three development projects was launched on Sunday in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): People from several provinces staged a protest in front of the national assembly on Saturday, asking the government to pave the Herat-Maidan Wardak highway as soon as possible.
