The Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) holds the 6th U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference 2010 in from November 7th – 9th at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The conference will provide a forum for U.S. firms to learn about business and investment opportunities in Afghanistan and to network with private [...]

The Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank, on behalf of the 30 donors of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), today signed two grant agreements worth US$44 million to expand the ongoing Education Quality Improvement Program (EQUIP) and to establish the National Institute of Management and Administration (NIMA). The agreement was signed by HE [...]

The ARTF was set up in May 2002 to provide coordinated financial support to Afghanistan. The fund has two windows: the recurrent window channels funding for the recurrent costs of government, including salaries for teachers, health workers, and civilian staff throughout the country. The investment window channels funding for investment projects as per the ANDS: [...]

With deep sadness I must inform you that Abid Akmal, Deputy Director of Investment Support Department at Afghanistan Investment Support Agency who was kidnapped, has been killed. Dr. Abid Akmal’s dead body was found in Bagram district. Abid Akmal has been disappeared since 6:00 am, 13 Aug 2008 from his apartment building of 3rd Macroyan-Kabul. [...]

Visual Media, specially TV plays an important role in media landscape. three afghan channel TVs, one state owned and two private channel are also broadcasting in Europe. Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), a public institution, has been under pressure by private TV stations in Afghanistan. Since beginning of 2008 RTA also broadcasting in Europe. Ariana Television [...]

Mr. Andre Brie, Member of European Parliament (MEP), visited the Sar-i-Sang private seed enterprise in Takhar Province on Thursday 6 December 2007, where he was greeted by a large group of enthusiastic farmers from the surrounding communities. Sar-i-Sang enterprise is one of eight pilot private seed enterprises across Afghanistan that have been engendered within the [...]

Kabul-based private airline, Safi Airways, launched its Kabul-Sharjah service on Friday. The service will be available daily, except Saturday. The airline will be also launching a daily flight, except on Saturdays, between Kabul and Dubai from November 18. Safi Airways has a fleet of two B767-200ER aircraft with 18 Business Class and 196 Economy seats. [...]

The Bookseller of Kabul has a new literary ambition: to take a bus across the rubble-strewn roads of his war-torn homeland offering a “mobile” bookshop service to those living in the most remote regions. Shah Muhammad Rais gained fame after the Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad wrote a bestselling novel, The Bookseller of Kabul, on his [...]

The Bamyan Disaster Management Committee said food crops in Punjab and Waras were extensively damaged by recent floods and asked for over 22,000 tonnes of food items for the vulnerable people. Muhammad Ishaq Poya, member of the provincial council and the Disaster Management Committee told Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday more than 50 percent of [...]

Germany has promised to increase its annual assistance for Afghanistan to 125 million euros next year. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, German ambassador to Kabul Hans Ulrich Seidt said the assistance was 100 million euros a year earlier. However, it will be increased by 25 million next year. He said his country had [...]