Author Archives: wadsam
German Commerce Bank to close dollar accounts with Afghanistan
Facilitating Afghanistan’s banking transactions in the last 11 years, German Commerce Bank has decided to close down all its internal dollar accounts with Afghanistan.
One of the reasons cited for this decision is the lack of programs...
Skateboarding-a tool for youth empowerment in Afghanistan
Skateboarding in a country surrounded by war? It doesn’t make sense, yet Skateistan achieves just that. Skateistan is a non-profit charity providing skateboarding and educational programming in Afghanistan.
Skateistan is designed to be a social...
World Bank grants USD 55mn to support technical and vocational education in Afghanistan
The Ministry of Finance today signed a grant agreement of $55 million with the World Bank. The grant is being provided by the International Development Association (IDA) – the World Bank’s concessional lending arm – to assist Afghan youth...
School Officially Opens, Shows Dedication to Education in Arghistan
The District Education Representative (DER) Issa Mohammad celebrated the official opening of Amin Kalay School by assisting in the distribution of school supplies to approximately 50 students in Arghistan district, Kandahar province, May 8.
The...
A township in need of basic facilities in Logar province
A township where once 2,755 families lived is left with only 660 families.
Many left the place for lacking housing scheme, water supply, health services and schools.
The township was built in 1995 for the refugees returning back to their country.
The...
Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team in the final of ACC Elite Cup
Afghanistan under-19 cricket team has made it to the final of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) trophy.
The team has also qualified for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014.
The ACC Under-19 Cup, formerly Youth Asia Cup, is a regular cricket tournament...
Powerful Afghans lose electricity for not paying their bills
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s national electricity company, has disconnected the electricity lines of many customers, including a number of powerful figures, for not paying their electricity bills.
The officials said...
Afghan news media receive appreciation awards
Some of Afghanistan’s top news media were recognized for their highly active role in delivering news via social networking sites such as the Facebook and Twitter by the Blue Journalism Institute.
The award ceremony was held on Wednesday at...
Afghanistan’s Corruption remains to be a threat to aid uses beyond 2014
According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the USD 8bn of international annual aid pledged to the Afghanistan beyond 2014 may easily be robbed by the endemic corruption existing in the government.
The...
The rising dollar against Afghani
The US dollar has been sold at an exchange rate of 55.5-60AFN in the past week.
People are faced with high prices of food items and other commodities as a result of the expensive dollar.
The increasing demand for US dollar, decreasing foreign...
