Kabul, Monday, January 28, 2008: Private investment is expected to rise in 2008 despite a fall last year. This was announced by Dr. Zakhilwal, the President of Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) in a press conference on January 28, 2008 at AISA Headquarter. The conference, which was attended by a large group of Kabul-based media [...]

Beyond headlines that are increasingly dominated by the Taliban’s strengthening insurgency, there is some good economic news coming out of Afghanistan.
Buoyed by strong year-on-year growth in foreign direct investment, Afghanistan has been enjoying double-digit growth since 2002. The World Bank predicts that in 2008, the GDP growth rate could reach 13 percent.
Robust growth, it must [...]

The first distance learning video, produced by the Educational Radio and Television (ERTV), was recently demonstrated to representatives of the Italian Government, UNESCO and other participants during a presentation organized by ERTV. This video shows a third grade Dari language class, on the topic “Honesty and Lying”. The lesson is taught by a female teacher [...]

The World Bank today approved a US$30 million grant to scale up the outreach of financial services from Afghanistan’s successful microfinance service providers which have already provided for the financial needs and demands of many poor Afghans, especially women, in most of the provinces of Afghanistan.
The Expanding Microfinance Outreach and Improving Sustainability Project will improve [...]

The construction work of Nijrab bridge officially inaugurated by Mr. Mohammad Naim Nazari the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on the site in Kapisa province in Nijrab District center. Community leaders, Kapisa Governor, Security officials, local and provincial authorities, and PRT team also attended the ceremony.
The length [...]

India Thursday approved 180 million usd for up-gradation and construction of a crucial road from Zaranj to Delaram in Afghanistan (AfghanMania reported) .
‘The construction of the road would help Afghanistan to provide communications facility in a remote part of the country. The strategic road would not only provide India improved access into Afghanistan and Central [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a project with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL). The project is funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) for an amount of 200,000 euros.
The project aims at restoring the livelihoods of deportees and returnees and strengthens the livelihoods of the [...]

The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) has reached a major milestone with over $400 million in payments disbursed to 16,000 community development councils in Afghanistan.
Not only does this represent a significant contribution from the International Community it also represents an additional $40 million investment by Afghans themselves via village level community contributions; into wells, into schools, [...]

Minister Mohammad Ehsan Zia of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) signed 83 rural development projects contracts worth USD 8,589,381 with private companies.
The contracted projects include: digging of 1095 drinking water wells, the construction of 1 hospital, 1 VET clinic, 1 health clinic, 2239 latrines, 3 clean drinking water networks, 1 water reservoir,3 [...]

The Shakardara Road of Kabul province, which has been completed by the National Rural Access Programme NRAP and funded by European Union (EU), inaugurated by Engineer Khalil Rahman Director of National Rural Access Program . In this ceremony attendees included the authorities of the NRAP, UNOPS, European Commission (EC) delegation, provincial and community influential people.
The [...]