AFGHANISTAN | افغانستان‎ | Projects and Updates

[IndiansUnite]

This thread should be renamed to 'Aghanistan Projects and Updates' or something along those lines.

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From a PDF on the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' website:



If you've got time, then I'd recommend checking out this PDF on India and Afghanistan's partnership on developing the country. It contains a comprehensive (but not exhaustive) list of all the small to big projects underway and built.

[IndiansUnite]

Japan funds 4 Afghan development projects

KABUL – Japan March 5 agreed to provide about US $117m (6.1 billion AFN) for four major development projects in Afghanistan, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said.

Japan will provide US $34.6m (1.8 billion AFN) to provide oil to governmental organisations, US $16.8m (882m AFN) to develop Kabul International Airport, US $33.9m (1.8 billion AFN) to maintain roads and US $31.6m (1.7 billion AFN) to develop the water supply network for the New Kabul City Project, the ministry said.

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul has welcomed Japan's financial aid and lauded its contribution in rebuilding Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.

Afghanistan possibly could join Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project

During the official visit of the Afghan delegation in Baku on March 7, the issue of possibly joining of Afghanistan with the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway link was discussed. With this possibility, Afghanistan could manage to establish a land connection with Europe. This option shows that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars project has the prospects of becoming a very important link connecting Europe with Asia.

[3dwarrior]

this is really nice!

[hakz2007]

Eight new 0.9M US dollars Japan funded projects for the Ghor province

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - On March 13, in the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team ISAF base, Japanese Embassy and local NGOs representatives have signed eight new projects concerning infrastructure, health and education systems.

All projects have been funded by the Japanese government - which has allocated almost 900 thousand. U.S. dollars - and involve the construction of two elementary schools, two primary health care centers, a women's human rights center building, a surrounding wall for the Chaghcharan women's dormitory, a small hydropower construction and the Chaghcharan sanitation improvement.

The projects are committed to improve the development level of the Ghor province and will have a direct impact on people living in the area. The two newly built primary school, for instance, will give the opportunity to 600 students to study under better conditions, while the two primary health centers will provide public health protection to more than 33,000 inhabitants.

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[smfarazm..]

In Northern Afghanistan