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Reconstructed Road to Benefit 22,000 Citizens in Samangan

13.08.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Today, provincial officials of Samangan province and representatives of the Afghan-German Cooperation inaugurated a reconstructed 3.8-kilometre long road. The asphalt road connects Aybak city to Dara-e Zhowandon village and with the Mazar-e Sharif to Kabul Highway. More than 22,000 citizens will benefit from the improved infrastructure. Personnel from the provincial Roads Operation and Maintenance Department (ROMD, formerly Public Works Department) supervised the reconstruction works. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) financed the measure at a total cost of about AFN 94 million.

COVID-19 Response, Women’s Justice and Other News Highlights

31.07.2020 | Aktuelles

New Flood Protection Wall and Intake Rehabilitation to Benefit 30,000 Baghlan Residents

28.07.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, Baghlan’s Provincial Governor and the Director of Lower Kunduz River Basin Agency (LKRBA) signed a contract for constructing a flood protection wall. The contract includes rehabilitating the Baladori Intake to safeguard Pul-e Khomri City and the Baladori Canal in the provincial capital. More than 30,000 residents will directly benefit from the project. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) will support the project’s technical implementation together with LKRBA and finance the project at a total cost of about AFN 67.7 million.

New Health Clinic Building in Kunduz To Benefit 120,000 People

27.07.2020 | Pressemitteilung
On Thursday, the Afghan-German Cooperation handed over a new building as part of the Aqtapa Health Clinic to Kunduz Province’s Department of Public Health. The new Central Health Clinic and Emergency Obstetric Care Clinic located in the area of Aqtapa will provide health services to around 120,000 people in all 64 villages of Qala-e Zal District. The Department of Public Health provided the land for the construction of the building and will be responsible for its maintenance in future. In this way, it hopes to build the level of trust in government institutions. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Stabilisation Programme Northern Afghanistan (SPNA) financed the construction work at a total cost of about AFN 26.2 million.

Road Reconstruction in Takhar to Benefit 36,000 People

15.07.2020 | Pressemitteilung
This week, representatives of the Afghan-German Cooperation and Takhar’s provincial Department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (DRRD) signed a contract for reconstructing a two-kilometre road in Taloqan District, Takhar. The project will start at Pule-e-Jalat village located five kilometres from Taloqan downtown along Kunduz-Takhar Highway. It will end at Nowabad-e-Puleqak village. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) will support the project’s technical implementation together with DRRD and will fund the project at a total cost of about AFN 109 million.

New Flood Protection Wall and Irrigation Channel Benefits Almost 20,000 Takhar Citizens

16.06.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Yesterday, provincial authorities together with the director of Taloqan River Basin Agency (TRBA) inaugurated a flood protection wall in the city of Taloqan, Takhar Province. Due to COVID-19 safety regulations, a limited number of about 15 participants attended the handover ceremony. The 1.5-kilometre-long wall will protect two villages as well as infrastructure along the Taloqan River, and 2,000 jeribs (400 hectares) of land from floods, benefitting almost 20,000 local citizens. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s Regional Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) financed the project at a total cost of about AFN 122 million.

German Government Commits over AFN 5.77 Billion to Immediate COVID-19 Response and Continued Bilateral Cooperation

11.06.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Today, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) pledged AFN 5.77 billion (EUR 69.8 million) to Afghanistan. The funds are for immediate and direct response to challenges of the Afghan public sector and the private economy to help mitigate the social and economic consequences of COVID-19. These funds are provided as a part of up to AFN 20.7 billion (EUR 250 million) that Germany intends to make available in 2020 for further bilateral cooperation. The German State Secretary Mr Martin Jaeger of the BMZ informed the Afghan Acting Minister of Finance Mr Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal and Deputy Finance Minister Mr Abdul Habib Zadran about these commitments during a video conference call.

Six Top News Stories from the Afghan-German Cooperation

29.05.2020 | Aktuelles

Developing the Afghan Extractive Sector – Afghan Delegation Attends International Convention in Canada

04.03.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Today, the four-day convention Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Trade Show & Investors Exchange 2020 ended in Toronto, Canada. To promote the Afghan extractive sector internationally, a delegation of five members from the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP), including Acting Minister Enayatullah Momand, participated in the event. PDAC is an annual convention on mineral exploration in which over 1,000 exhibitors, 38,000 investors and 24,000 attendees from 130 countries participate. The Afghan-German Cooperation supported the delegation.

Women in Lead – 20 Female Staff of Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Complete Leadership Training in Kabul

20.02.2020 | Pressemitteilung
Today, 20 female staff from different directorates of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) completed a three weeks long leadership training programme. The training took place in Kabul and aimed at enhancing the participants’ professional capacities to enable them to work in leadership or management positions. The MoMP’s Gender Unit initiated the training. The Afghan-German Cooperation’s programme to promote good governance in the Afghan extractive sector (MinGov) supported the event financially.