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5117 Rural Families benefit 27 Development Projects in Samangan

With the completion of 27 projects of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in Dara-e suf-e bala and Dara-e suf-e payan districts of Samangan province 5,117 rural families are provided with deferent needed facilities.
The completed projects in 19 villages of Dara-e suf-e payan district include construction and graveling of 33Km rural road, 23 […]

Hydrological Station at Qargha Dam to Help Manage Water Resources

A new hydrological station was opened today at Qargha Dam near Kabul by the Afghan Deputy Minister of Energy and Water, HE Eng. Shojaudin Ziaie, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Eng. Mohammad Aqa.
The Qargha station is one of the network of 174 hydrological stations and 60 snow gauges and meteorological […]

Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Celebrates the Year of Sanitation

The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) celebrated the International year of Sanitation in the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) today.
The UN General Assembly declared the year 2008 the International Year of Sanitation, hence, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development take this opportunity to celebrate this year while reiterating its commitments.
MRRD […]

MRRD signed 9 development project contracts in Urozgan province

Mohammad Ehsan Zia the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development signed 9 development project contracts with community development councils in Urozgan province today.
These projects are funded by Dutch government and aim to bring wide range of facilities to rural communities in three districts of Dehrawut, Choori and Tarincot benefiting 2922 rural families while generating 8764 […]

Hamid Karzai Heads for the Republic Senegal

Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, left for Dakar, Senegal, this morning to attend the 11th Summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
The 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference will hold its 11th summit on Thursday and Friday in Dakar, Senegal. The OIC leaders will discuss a modern charter that […]

Karzai Called on Parents not to Give Away Daughters into Early Marriages

President Hamid Karzai addressed on Saturday an audience of hundreds of women during an International Women’s Day ceremony in Kabul urging that Afghan women need the freedom to pursue more education and should not be forced into marriage.
At an opening speech, Husn Bano Ghazanfar, Minister for Women’s Affairs congratulated her country on the International Women’s […]