Afghanistan School
Nomination to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
On the economic front, Afghanistan has made significant progress in the last four years. The creation of a new, stable currency in 2002 was an impressive achievement and government policies have helped lay the groundwork for an economic expansion that has seen GNP increase by over 50 percent over the last three years. Reconstruction efforts are also showing results. The drive from Kabul to Kandahar now takes five hours instead of 16, thanks to a fully paved highway that links Afghanistan’s two largest cities. Work is ongoing on the Kandahar to Herat portion of the road and on some 1000 kilometers of secondary roads. In the south, the Kajaki Hydroelectric Plant, which provides electricity to Kandahar, is being overhauled and throughout the country hundreds of schools and health clinics have been constructed and rehabilitated. School attendance for girls and boys increased to a record four million last year. ... [Read More]
2002
1111--03/23/02 A New Era for Schools in Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “School Book Printing” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “1st Day Of School” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... [Read More]
Rebuilding Afghanistan Photo Galleries - US Department of State
Rebuilding Afghan Schools ... Afghan Children Go Back to School ... [Read More]
Focus on Afghanistan
(Photo at left) Under Secretary Dobriansky plays with Afghan school children in Kabul during a break while attending the U.S. Afghan Women's Council Meetings. ... [Read More]
Photo Gallery
1111--03/23/02 A New Era for Schools in Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “School Book Printing” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “1st Day Of School” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... [Read More]
Afghanistan Reconstruction - “1st Day Of School”
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Afghanistan: Seeds of Hope
With the help of over $900 million provided annually by the United States over the last two years, Afghanistan has also seen the construction or repair of 550 health clinics and 250 schools. Roads, including the Kabul-Kandahar highway, are being rebuilt, seven new battalions of the Afghan National Army have been trained, and the society has seen both an increase in security, and the return of its women citizens to public life. ... Since Afghan leaders first came together to plan the future of their country in Bonn in late 2001, significant achievements have been made to help reclaim their country from its recent history of war and oppression. Four million students are now enrolled in school, with a tenfold increase in the enrollment of girls. More than 2.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons have returned home. ... [Read More]
Afghanistan
1111--03/23/02 A New Era for Schools in Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “School Book Printing” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... 1111--03/23/02 Afghanistan Reconstruction - “1st Day Of School” ; Kabul, Afghanistan ... [Read More]
Afghanistan Reconstruction - “School Book Printing”
"The US government is doing a lot of things here, but I think probably one of the most significant things is the support of the "Back to School" program by providing textbooks. Because of the level of destruction after 20 years of warfare here in Afghanistan, there is simply not the printing, publishing capacity to do it in Afghanistan. So in neighboring Pakistan we and the US government worked with the University of Nebraska in Omaha, which has been through their Afghan center been doing work in Afghanistan for many years. Together we created a giant logistics system that got these books into children’s hands."&nb ... [Read More]
Afghanistan (04/05)
There were 45,000 children enrolled in school in 1993, 19% were girls. The latest official statistics show there are now 64,000 children in school, one third are girls. In addition 29% of the teachers in the province are women, compared with 15% in 1993. Effort is being made to ensure that teachers receive salaries on time and increasing the attendance of girls in school. The total enrolment rate for Afghan children between 7 and 13 years of age has increased to 54% (67% for boys and 37% for girls). A number of factors such as distance to schools, poor facilities and lack of separate schooling for boys and girls continue to be challenges to higher enrollment. ... [Read More]
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