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Daily Sabah
March 27, 2018
It was created to contribute to Afghanistan's successful integration into regional trade and economy as well as for infrastructure development in Central Asia. An immediate neighbor of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan is an active participant in almost all the international forums addressing the Afghan crisis such asÃâà...
Business Standard
March 27, 2018
Referring to India's role as a leading development aid partner of Afghanistan, Akbar said that New Delhi "has worked with principle and commitment to serve the Afghan people through capacity building, gender emancipation, human resource development, infrastructure development, connectivity, tradeÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 27, 2018
infrastructure projects and preservation of historic monuments of central Bamyan province. The Chinese ambassador, who arrived in Bamyan City, told reporters that the People's Republic of China and Afghanistan had a long-standing relationship. He emphasized his country was determined to expandingÃâà...
The National
March 26, 2018
Despite billions of dollars of investment in the power infrastructure in Afghanistan, the country remains heavily dependent on external sources of power which are vulnerable to not only insurgent attacks but also the country's inclement weather. In 2015, a snow storm in the Salang pass, the mountain rangeÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 25, 2018
The German government views the international intervention in Afghanistan since 2001 as a success: The number of children attending school has increased eightfold, women hold a better position in Afghan society, and there have been improvements made to health care and general infrastructure. By the end of 2017, oneÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 24, 2018
War in Afghanistan, even if it never spills over (a term I hate) northward, creates concerns in the minds of investors. Furthermore, Afghanistan is between double-landlocked Uzbekistan and countries with access to the ocean. Tashkent's interests in building up Afghan rail infrastructure are part and parcel ofÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 21, 2018
Implemented by the German Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the project benefits about 10,000 citizens in the residential area of Karkar. The construction works took two years to complete. implemented the project. The Afghan-GermanÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 21, 2018
John W. Nicholson, commander of the Resolute Support mission and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, before meeting with Afghan senior government and military leaders in ... “The security piece has been redefined over the last 90 days to better incorporate a holistic national defense infrastructure,” Bentley said.
TOLOnews
March 20, 2018
Because these decisions are made by the big countries,” said Hafizi. Chabahar is the closest sea port to landlocked Afghanistan. Despite Afghanistan and India's accelerated efforts to develop the port, ACCI said the west's sanctions against Iran has resulted in the shortage of necessary infrastructure andÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 20, 2018
“I met President Ghani today and I am impressed by his leadership and efforts towards development in Afghanistan. ADB will work closely with the government to mobilize additional resources—including through the Afghanistan Infrastructure Trust Fund—to finance infrastructure and bring prosperity to allÃâà...
Pajhwok Afghan News (blog)
March 19, 2018
This change can be attributed to the perseverance, patience and hard work of the Afghan government, the central bank, multilateral institutions and its resilient ... It can be Invest, Build and Transfer model, whereby different countries invest in infrastructure and transfer the developed space to the GOA.
Monterey County Weekly
March 15, 2018
What does an Afghan presidential campaign look like? There was this advertising firm from the International Office of Migration that gave equal funding to each campaign, because Afghanistan is very poor and nobody has any money unless it's corruptly achieved. Different people ran on different messages.
The Guardian
March 15, 2018
According to South African architect and urban planner Jolyon Leslie – who has worked and lived in Afghanistan since the 1990s and witnessed several waves of conflict and reconstruction – this sort of building activity has overwhelmed the capital in terms of space and infrastructure, and made theÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
March 14, 2018
Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani has invited the Taliban for unconditional peace talks on the first day of Kabul Peace Conference on February 28, 2018. Several countries including the ... Afghanistan's infrastructure has suffered severely in the 17 year old war on terror. Economy of the country has beenÃâà...
The Hill
March 14, 2018
One example is the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, which reached the Afghan border at Herat earlier this month in a celebration ... Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, Ph.D. is the chief infrastructure and technology advisor of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Times of Central Asia
March 13, 2018
ASHGABAT (TCA) — In his address to the people of Turkmenistan on March 12, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that this year will be marked by achievements in the implementation of the state programs in the economic and social spheres and other significant areas of life of the TurkmenÃâà...
TRT World
March 13, 2018
The Turkish government has won favor with President Ghani by investing $1 billion in economic development projects in Afghanistan, which have strengthened Afghanistan's infrastructure and education systems. Ghani has rewarded Turkey for its high-risk investments in the Afghan economy, by crackingÃâà...
Tempo.co
March 13, 2018
The company has learned some potential projects, especially in infrastructure and housing, which would be funded by the Afghan government. Meanwhile, Director General of First Political Division of Afghanistan Foreign Affairs Ministry Musa Arefi revealed that the meeting has become a momentum forÃâà...
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 12, 2018
An initiative to build new schools in the southeastern province of Paktika has been boosted by a large private donation from the Afghan president ... Official figures show there are currently 389 schools in the region, although around 250 of these are open-air classrooms with no physical infrastructure.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
March 12, 2018
Residents in two northern Afghan provinces have complained that their telecommunication services are suspended each night, leaving them effectively ... said that the Taleban had already destroyed telecom towers in some areas, leaving phone and internet providers afraid that their infrastructure would beÃâà...
Global Village space (blog)
March 12, 2018
In 2000's, Pakistan was considered as a key state to resolve Afghan conflict by the US but now the latter encourages India ambitiously for economic development in Afghanistan. Eventually, India's relations with Afghanistan are enhancing with the support of the US specifically in trade, education and in theÃâà...
smallwarsjournal
March 12, 2018
At this point on all spheres of the country: political, economic, and the infrastructure was badly damaged, if not completely destroyed (Alvi-Aziz, 2003). This excessive instability created a breeding ground for the Taliban movement, which was conceived in Islamic schools and Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. Beginning asÃâà...
Reliefweb
February 26, 2018
Indeed, the Afghan population is expected to double within the next 15 years with the urban population reaching 50% of the total population. In order ... The financing of municipal infrastructure projects in Afghanistan depends on collection of local revenues and sound financial management systems. CFA isÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
February 26, 2018
... construction works on the Afghan segment of the $10bn Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. The ceremony presented the 1,814-kilometre (1,144-mile) pipeline pipeline as heralding an extensive corridor of road, rail, and communications infrastructure networks that couldÃâà...
New York Times
February 23, 2018
Enemies forced to share energy infrastructure are as likely to blow it up or shut off supplies as make peace, experience in Eastern Europe has shown. Ukraine and Russia, for example, fought two so-called gas wars over prices and transit fees before a real war broke out in 2014. Gazprom, the RussianÃâà...
Observer
February 14, 2018
Consider three examples of how the president's instincts might have made a difference regarding Russia, Afghanistan, and the just released $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. Russia no longer trusts the United States and believes it is a danger to international stability. The ill-fated invasions in Afghanistan andÃâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
We are well into the 17th year of the United States military commitment in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history. We've got 15,000 troops in the country, and we're spending $45 billion a year to sustain this effort and support the Afghan government. You might assume Congress would beÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
December 31, 1999
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen told broadcaster ARD that the move should be matched with accelerated reforms by the Afghan government. ... the educational opportunities for children, the status of women, health care, and infrastructure in the war-torn country had improved over the years.
