Press Releases

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Ministries of Public Health and Finance Launch New Health Services Partnership After Signing 16 Contracts Worth $72 Million

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Sunday, November 01, 2009
Free Vaccinations Available for Travelers to Saudi Arabia
Vaccine Initiative Meets Health Requirements for Afghanistan Travelers Entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Sunday, October 18, 2009
Providing More Afghan Ownership in Aid
$30m Agreement Between US and Afghanistan Gives Afghan Government Control for Hiring Advisors

Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan  | Thursday, October 01, 2009
Afghanistan Central Business Registry Opens in Mazari Sharif

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ambassador Wayne Joins International Donors in Supporting Afghan Government’s Launch of a New Electric Utility Corporation

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Afghan Minister of Finance Launches New US$92 M Economic Reform Program in Partnership with USAID

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Monday, August 31, 2009
Ambassador Wayne Announces Partnership with Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Sunday, August 30, 2009
Construction Starts on Ghazi Boys High School and Sardar Kabuli Girls High School in Kabul

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Afghanistan Central Bank and U.S. Advance Afghan Mobile Banking

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, August 05, 2009
President Karzai Launches Kabul Power Plant

Jalalabad, Afghanistan  | Monday, July 13, 2009
Afghanistan Central Business Registry Opens in Jalalabad

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Water Conference in Afghanistan Promotes Sustainable Water Resource Management

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Friday, July 03, 2009
Turquoise Mountain Foundation Holds Summer Festival and Sale of Afghan Arts and Crafts

Chaharikar, Parwan Province, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Public Infrastructure Projects to Improve Government Service Delivery in Parwan Province

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Friday, June 26, 2009
U.S. Government Announces $26.3 Million Small Grants Fund to Support Afghan Women

Band-e-Amir, Bamyan, Afghanistan  | Thursday, June 18, 2009
Afghanistan Dedicates Band-e-Amir National Park

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Sunday, June 14, 2009
United States and City of Kabul Lay the Foundation Stone for Bagrami Park Rehabilitation

Jalalabad, Afghanistan  | Thursday, June 11, 2009
Nangarhar Public University Graduates 80 Business Administration Students

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, June 03, 2009
National Environmental Protection Agency Declares Afghanistan’s First Protected Species List

Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, June 03, 2009
USAID and Afghan Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation Open Lashkar Gah’s Bost Airstrip

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Saturday, May 23, 2009
Kabul International Fresh Fruit and Vegetable AgFair Attracts 50,000 Participants

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Kabul AgFair Promotes Afghanistan’s Agricultural Bounty and International Trade

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Student Roundtable at American University of Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Thursday, May 14, 2009
USAID awards five-year $150 million alternative development program to reduce poppy production and promote licit agriculture

Asadabad, Kunar, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Kunar Construction Center Celebrates Fourth Graduating Class

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, May 05, 2009
USAID Signs $1 Million Contract with the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for IT Development

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, April 29, 2009
No More Fakes: Afghan Gemologists Receive Training to Identify Synthetic Stones

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Monday, April 27, 2009
USAID Launches $25 Million Food Insecurity Response Program

Jalalabad, Afghanistan  | Saturday, April 25, 2009
First Honey Processing and Packaging Facility in Eastern Afghanistan Opens

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Afghanistan Establishes First National Park

Shibirghan, Jawzjan, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Testing begins at Shibirghan gas fields

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, March 24, 2009
World TB Day: Towards Healthier Populations

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Thursday, March 19, 2009
Dedication of New Classrooms for Moot Court and Legal Instruction at Kabul University Law and Political Science and Sharia Faculties

Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Afghan Political Leaders Kick Off Mazari Sharif International AgFair and Cashmere Exhibition

Jalalabad, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, March 04, 2009
1.2 Million Trees Planted in Eastern Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Afghan Women’s Business Federation Holds First Annual National Conference

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Thursday, February 12, 2009
Bright Nights for Kabul Citizens

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Tuesday, February 10, 2009
One Laptop per Child Program to be Launched in Afghanistan

Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan  | Sunday, January 25, 2009
USAID Launches $3 Million Cash-for-Work Project

Kabul, Afghanistan  | Thursday, January 22, 2009
Afghanistan Showcases Carpets to the World

Kandahar, Afghanistan  | Sunday, January 18, 2009
Interns Complete Program in Kandahar