PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): A multi-million contract to build a 38-kilometre road in the northern province of Baghlan was signed between the Ministry of Public Works and an Afghan construction company on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): The security of the central province of Uruzgan has improved, but the central government failed to pay attention to the development of the province, the governor of the province said.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday urged Pakistan Minister for States and Frontier Regions Eng. Shaukatullah Khan to allow Afghans to return their homeland voluntarily.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology on Sunday said seven central and northeastern provinces would be linked by fiber optic cables in the next two years.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): The security conditions of Khanshen district in southern Helmand province has improved, but reconstruction works is missing, says an official.
KABUL (PAN): China and Pakistan reiterated their support to the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process to ensure the troubled nation stabilize quickly after a prolong war.
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.