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    Bridge on Kajaki River on verge of collapse

     LASHKARGAH (PAN): A wooden bridge on Kajaki River is on the verge of collapse in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Wednesday.



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    Lashkargah projects cost $1.5m: Mayor

     LASHKARGAH (PAN): The Mayor on Wednesday said his department had completed reconstruction projects, costing $1.5 million, in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province.



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    Japan to provide $116.9m for 4 projects

    KABUL (PAN): Japan on Tuesday promised Afghanistan $116.9 million in new assistance for four key projects, the foreign ministry in Kabul said.



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    USAID donate vehicles to Wardak municipality

    KABUL (PAN): Two vehicles worth $100,000 were on Tuesday delivered to the municipality department in central Maidan Wardak province, where three new projects, including a hospital, would be launched soon, an official said.



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    Band-i-Sultan Dam's reconstruction urged

    KABUL (PAN): Public representatives from southern Ghazni province on Monday held talks with the Maidan Wardak governor to push for the reconstruction of a key dam, an official said.



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    FAO to fund small dams in 3 provinces

    KABUL (PAN): Small power and irrigation dams would be constructed in three provinces at a cost of $24.8million, to be provided by the government of Japan, officials said on Sunday.



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    USAID suspends Daronta dam's rehabilitation

    JALALABAD (PAN): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Sunday confirmed it had suspended the rehabilitation of the Daronta Hydroelectric Power Plant in eastern Nangarhar province after the local government failed to honour its pledges.



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    Dam funds being used to pay foreigners

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): A huge portion of funds set aside for the rehabilitation of Kajaki dam in southern Helmand province has been spent on funding foreign experts’ salaries, workers claimed on Sunday.



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    $11m being spent on Salang tunnel renovation

    CHARIKAR (PAN): Damaged by years of war and neglect, the Salang tunnel that represents the major north-south connection is being renovated with financial assistance from ISAF, an official said on Saturday.



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    Tunnel-form flats to be built in Kabul

     KABUL (PAN): Urban Development Minister Hassan Abdulhai on Tuesday signed contracts with two Turkish construction firms on building multi-storey residential apartments in the central capital Kabul.