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Contract for the first phase of water supply network in Qala Naw capital of Badghis province was signed at a cost of USD one hundred and ten thousand.

Based on this contract which was signed by the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Director of Afghan Edara construction company, consolidation and digging of water wells shall commence in Hamal month of 1391, in the second phase safe drinking water will distribute from Qadis district for 60 thousand residents of Qala Naw city and its suburbs through extended distributer network.

January, 20th 2012

Under the instruction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Afghan Consulate General in Kharogh distributed the aid provided by US Global Partner Organization to 20 eligible families who suffered the heavy snowfalls and avalanches in the village of Zeech of Ishkashem District.

The aid included 40 sacks of wheat flour, 20 sacks of rice and 20 containers of oil. The aid was distributed by Abdul Hakim Haidari Afghan Consul General in Kharogh in impartial cooperation of the Provincial Police Headquarter and Border Police.

Kabul- the documents of the $7 million assistance of Japan to the health sector of Afghanistan was signed by Dr. Amanullah Jayhoon, Director General of the First Political Department and Mr. Seiji Okada, Charge d’ Affair of the Embassy of Japan in Kabul.

The Ministry of Education, supported by UNICEF, donors and multiple partners is delighted by the confirmation of a new $55.7 million dollar grant to the country’s education sector. In a move that represents a decisive vote of confidence in the quality of the Government of Afghanistan’s plans for the development of the sector - and its capacity to successfully carry out those plans - the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has recently confirmed its decision to award the multi-year grant to the country

KABUL, 12 January 2012. The Government of Japan continues its support to the Afghan children by providing the Ministry of Education with its grant of an additional approximately $25 million to participate in the efforts to establish new teaching and learning spaces in Afghanistan. This amount will provide access to primary education to 50,560 children in three disadvantaged provinces of Bamyan, Daikundi and Ghor through the creation of safe, secure and child friendly learning spaces by 2014.

Kabul — H.E. Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Afghan Foreign Minister and Mr. Xu Feihong, Ambassador Extraordinary of the People’s Republic of China signed an Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation worth 150 million yuan ($23.5 million) today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This sum is a part of the grant assistance of China to the people of Afghanistan.

Dr. Suraya Dalil, Acting Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan inaugurated the Hemophilia Laboratory Machine and Waiting Room in Esteqlal Hospital here in Kabul on Tuesday.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Dr. Dalil termed the inauguration of these two sections an importance step toward the enhancement of the health services in the country.

Day for Economic and Social Development, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health celebrated Community Health Worker Day by recognizing the critical role played by community health workers. Celebrating the annual day of recognition were Acting Minister of Public Health Dr. Suraya Dalil, Director of USAID Office of Social Sector Development Carol Horning, and other Afghan Government officials and international donors supporting health development.