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Emergency Winter Aid Distribution

12 February 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

U.S. Embassy Kabul USAID Mission Director Dr. Ken Yamashita holds a press conference with Afghan and international media on USAID’s emergency winter aid distribution...

USAID Celebrates 50th Anniversary

1 February 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID The U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal cut the cake celebrating USAID’s 50th Anniversary in Kabul....

More than Twenty Afghan Women Graduate from Civil Engineering Professional Development Course

29 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

USAID/RAMP UP East Engineer Leeda Raufi, one of the graduates thanks USAID for providing the training. Twenty-two women engineers and engineering students...

Afghanistan Gets Its First Media Institute and Media Directory

29 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

USAID/AMDEP The Nai Executive Director, Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar speaks at the Nai Media Institute Opening. In its continuous support of a vibrant...

USAID Launches Innovation Laboratory in Kabul

23 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID The Director of Information Technology Department at the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Mohammad Aimal Marjan speaks at the opening ceremony...

U.S. Government Helps Modernize Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

21 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Jeremy Maurer/ USAID USAID Deputy Mission Director Jed Barton and Director of Institute of Diplomacy Hazrat Wahriz inaugurate a newly constructed training facility today...

Solid Waste Management Handed Over to Sharana Citizens

17 January 2012 | Paktika

U.S. Department of State Ambassador Richard G. Olson and Paktika Governor Mohibullah Samim at a ceremony today. In a ceremony, Ambassador Richard...

Balkh Women’s Farm Service Center to Provide Supplies for Afghan Women Farmers

16 January 2012 | Balkh, Afghanistan

USAID/AFSA Staff at Women’s Farm Service Center in Mazar offers advice to a customer Balkh Women’s Farm Service Center officially opened today...

Exhibit Promotes Textile Business in Nangarhar

15 January 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan

USAID/IDEA-NEW Nangarhar Deputy Governor Mohammad Hanif Gardiwal opened USAID-funded Textile Exhibit in Jalalabad today. Textile factories from Nangarhar showcased their homemade...

Afghan Future Lawyers Compete for International Award

11 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

S.K. Vemmer/Department of State U.S. Ambassador Hans Klemm, Coordinating Director of Rule of Law and Law Enforcement and Ken Yamashita, Mission Director, USAID, pose...

International Law Student Competition Starts in Kabul

7 January 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Students from Herat, Balkh, Al Biruni, and Nangarhar Universities started competing in the USAID-funded Afghan National Rounds of the Jessup International Moot Court Competition in...