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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.



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    Projects worth $2.4m being executed in Wardak

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Counternarcotics would launch and complete various development projects, costing $2.4 million (126 million afs), in central Maidan Wardak, an official said on Monday.



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    6 projects inaugurated in Ghazni

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Six newly-completed projects worth 15 million afghanis were inaugurated by Information and Cultural Minister Syed Makhdom Rahin in southern Ghazni province on Sunday.



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    Work on building for district HQ begins

     TIRINKOT (PAN): The foundation stone of a building for the Charchino district headquarters was laid in the central province of Uruzgan, officials said on Thursday.



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    Ghazni residents longing for uplift plans

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Residents of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday said the government has been unable to launch development projects in areas where local police forces had been raised.



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    Hundreds of children rally in Ghor

    CHAGHCHARAN (PAN): Hundreds children on Thursday rallied against non-supply of electricity and unpaved roads in Chaghcharan, the capital of western Ghor province that remained closed for the third consecutive day.



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    Residents blast govt for ignoring Khanshin

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): Residents of the Khanshin district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday blasted the government for failing to execute development projects in the town after taking its control from rebels four years ago.