According to Tolo TV Namzad, is more than just a reality TV show, Namzad wants to give Afghan’s
insight in to what it REALLY takes to be a political leader. Namzad
follows six young adults as they compete to develop the policies, campaigns
and support needed to be chosen as the nation’s top youth presidential
candidate. Audiences will get a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of
a presidential campaign, as the finalists develop formal political
platforms and face off against each other in presidential-style debates
centred on leading issues important to Afghans. Namzad would be aired each
Thursday on Tolo at 9pm on Tolo TV.

For the first time in decades, Kabul is receiving a steady supply of electricity thanks to a major new transmission line linking Afghanistan’s capital with neighboring Uzbekistan.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the largest partners in constructing a 420-kilometer transmission corridor carrying electricity across some of the most challenging mountainous terrain on earth. [...]

Kabul is now among the first cities with a proper WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Installation.
The Silk Highway project, initiated by NATO, brings to bring high speed Internet to Afghanistan and turned Kabul into a high-speed city.
Silk Highway Project is a high-tech version of the Great Silk Road trading route that links Asia [...]

Despite the international economic criss Afghan Economy is estimated to grow 3.4% in 2008/09. but many problems remain, accondding to World Bank estimations.
Almost 85 percent of the population now has access to primary health care. According to an independent survey, the quality of care has improved and the number of patients served has more than [...]

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: [...]

The Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility (AICF) is currently recruiting for a Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Financial Officer. Based in Kabul, these opportunities will allow leaders to shape the investment climate of Afghanistan and help lead the country to a brighter and more prosperous future. Candidates with proven experience and skills will be [...]

Today the Government of Afghanistan and the World Bank signed a US$8 million grant agreement to enhance wheat and other cereal production by supporting small scale irrigation at the community level. The agreement was signed by Finance Minister HE Anwarul- Haq Ahady and World Bank Country Manager Mariam J. Sherman in Kabul.
The Afghanistan Food [...]

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.
At 3:30 [...]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $55 million loan to the leading mobile phone provider in Afghanistan, so it can extend its coverage to parts of the country that have little or no telecommunications infrastructure in place.
The loan to Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd, which trades under the name Roshan, will also support [...]