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USAID and Ministry of Energy & Water Celebrate Training-Course Graduates

20 May 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID USAID Mission Director Dr. Ken Yamashita speaks at the graduation ceremony for on-the-job training program at the Ministry of Energy & Water...

Perini Management Services Inc. Awarded Two Indefinite Quantity Contracts by USAID Afghanistan

17 May 2012 | Afghanistan

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Afghanistan mission in Kabul has awarded two multi-year Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQCs) to Perini Management Services, Inc., (PMSI)...

USAID Hosts First National Conference on Women’s Inheritance and Land Rights in Afghanistan

8 May 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

USAID/LARA Minister of Women’s Affairs Dr. Husn Bano Banu Ghazanfar speaks at the First National Conference on Women’s Inheritance and Land Rights. ...

Former Development Contractor Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison and $10,000 Fine

3 May 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

The Afghan Special Anti-Corruption Tribunal Court sentenced Din Mohammad Ramin, a former employee on a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development...

Afghan Midwives Honored for Saving Lives of Women and Newborns

30 April 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

USAID/HSSP Afghan Minister of Public Health, Suraya Dalil addresses midwives at the event celebrating the International Day of the Midwife in Kabul ...

The Mobile Money Contest to Tap into Afghan Students’ Talents

22 April 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID Afghanistan Acting USAID/Afghanistan Mission Director Jeffrey W. Ashley addresses the AUAF students during the launch of the Mobile Money Contest for Students...

Improvements in Afghanistan’s Information and Communications Technology Lead to Economic Prosperity

19 April 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella, USAID/Afghanistan Researcher Javid Hamdard presents the ICT Report findings at the press conference in Kabul today In the past ten...

USAID in Afghanistan: Partnership, Progress, Perseverance

15 April 2012 | Afghanistan

After a decade of rebuilding, Afghanistan is making steady progress on its road toward becoming a more responsible and integrated member of the region and...

300 Female Students from Eastern Afghanistan Complete Business Training

9 April 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan

USAID/IDEA-NEW Anisa Imran, Director of Nangarhar's Department of Women's Affairs hands out an award to a graduate of USAID-funded Business Training Course in Eastern...

Salam Watandar Becomes Independent Media Organization

8 April 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID USAID Mission Director Dr. Ken Yamashita answers questions during a radio interview at Salam Watandar in Kabul Nine years after...

Third Cohort of Students Receives Master of Education Degree from Kabul Education University

3 April 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrellah/USAID USAID Deputy Mission Director Brooke Isham distributes a diploma to a Master of Education Graduate Today, Deputy Minister of Higher...

USAID Transfers Packing Facility to an Afghan Company

29 March 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan

U.S. Embassy Kabul Ready for Export: produce packaged at the Surkhrod Packing Facility The Surkhrod Packing facility, established and run by...

Newly Constructed Faculty of Education Opens in Herat

26 March 2012 | Herat, Afghanistan

US Embassy Kabul Deputy U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham and Herat Governor Dr. Daud Shah Saba officially opened the new Faculty of Education building...

USAID Project to Protect Asadabad Villagers from Floods

26 March 2012 | Kunar, Afghanistan

USAID/RAMP UP EAST Overview of the 2 km gravel road, culverts and retaining wall project in Karala Village, Asadabad When the snow...

Afghanistan Mortality Study

26 March 2012

Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal, infant and child mortality rates in the world. To assess objectively the progress made in the health sector...

Improving Female Participation in GIRoA

19 March 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Frank Petrella/USAID USAID Mission Director Dr. Ken Yamashita and the Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal launched the Women in Government Internship Program to...

2012 Annual Letter by Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator

13 March 2012

Administrator Shah released USAID's second annual letter, focusing on the role of development in U.S. foreign policy, on Friday March 9th. Seen in a 50...

Tech Exchange Held in Kabul

8 March 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

USAID/Internews Afghan women participated in the Take Back the Tech! digital storytelling workshop to pay tribute to International Women’s Day in Kabul on March...

Mobile Money Services Customized for Women

6 March 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan

Kevin O'Loughlin/USAID USAID Deputy Mission Director Brooke Isham, Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs Ms. Sayeda Mujhgan Mustafawi and Etisalat CFO Dr. Ali Asgharzadeh announced...

New Trade Office in Dubai Opens Trade Route for Farmers

20 February 2012 | Dubai, UAE

USAID/CHAMP Afghan traders discuss the high quality of fresh and dried fruits of Afghanistan with international traders in Dubai A ...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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