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    Governance

    Karzai orders work on power projects, aid to flood-hit families

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday asked the departments concerned to initiate practical work on hydro power projects in central Bamyan and other southern provinces on a priority basis



    Reconstruction

    Ghazni to have first-ever international airport

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Ghazni Governor Musa Khan Akbarzada on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the first-ever international airport in the southern province.



    Culture

    National Museum attracts more visitors

    KABUL (PAN): The number of people visiting the National Museum of Afghanistan rose from 16,000 to more than 23,000 last year, officials said on Wednesday, hoping for a further increase.



    Reconstruction

    Work launched on new building for medical faculty

    JALALABAD (PAN): Ministers of finance and higher education on Friday laid the foundation stone of a new building for the medical faculty at the Nangarhar University, an official said.



    Reconstruction

    US sponsors architectural ideas competition for museum

    KABUL (PAN): In collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Culture, the United States on Thursday announced to sponsor an International Architectural Ideas Competition for the Afghanistan n



    Reconstruction

    11b afs spent on Nangarhar uplift projects

    JALALABAD (PAN): Up to 2,000 development projects, costing 11 billion afghanis (more than $222 million) have been executed over the past one year in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Governor Gul



    Education

    90 schools to be built in Ghazni

    GHAZNI (PAN):  Ninety schools would be built during the next solar year in the capital and 18 districts of southern Ghazni province, officials said on Tuesday.



    Reconstruction

    $20m earmarked for Ghazni projects

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Funds amounting to $20 million (986.4 million afs) have been set aside for development projects to be completed next year in southern Ghazni province, officials said on Saturday.  



    Reconstruction

    Reconstruction projects launched in Nangarhar

    JALALABAD (PAN): Three reconstruction schemes were launched and a fourth inaugurated in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Tuesday.



    Reconstruction

    Ghazni road damaged a month after inauguration

    GHAZNI CITY (PAN): A 12-kilometre road that was inaugurated in the capital of southern Ghazni province last month has been damaged, officials said on Tuesday.