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7 new development projects started in Urozgan Province.

   Tuesday
   30/June/2009


The Minister for Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Mr. Ehsan Zia signed 7 development projects in the province of Urozgan today 29th January 2009.
The projects include 3 intakes, 2 retaining wall with 2011 M length, 1500 M roads and construction of a 60 M motor able bridge at cost of more then 2 million USD.
The projects will be completed in 3 to 4 months benefiting 72 thousands people in Trinkot area at Urozgan.
20/000 working days will be generated through the implementing of the above projects will also provide irrigation facilities, protection house from contingent floods and provides transport facilities for the people of Trinkot.
Additional to the above, The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development have implemented more then 185 development projects with a cost of 17 million USD in the districts at Chara, Dehrahad, Khas Urozgan and Trinkot of which 72 projects have been completed and the work of the remaining projects are ongoing/
All the above mentioning projects have been requested by the people that indicated the people desire to the reconstruction process.

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Afghan officials urge speeding the pace of aid

Philadelphia Inquirer
05/17/2009  By Trudy Rubin

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After three weeks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I find it easier to be hopeful about the latter.

Across the board, the Afghans I met, from government officials to elders to students, did not want a return of harsh Taliban rule. But they were frustrated with their government's failure to provide security and jobs or to lessen corruption. Polls bear out what I heard. They indicate that Taliban gains grow out of intimidation and the Taliban's ability to provide rough governance where the government fails to deliver.
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Afghan minister sees hope in travels

Matthew Fisher, National Post 

Published: Monday, April 20, 2009

Mohammed Esan Zia may be the most popular politician in Afghanistan. He certainly is the most well-travelled.

Mr. Zia has been the Minister for Rural Rehabilitation and Development since 2006. In that role the soft-spoken development expert has made about 100 trips to 34 of this country's 38 far-flung provinces. This has been no small feat, considering that the east and the south are in a state of war and that most of the country is inaccessible except by helicopter and donkey.

Mr. Zia, who has a master's degree in war recovery studies from Britain's York University, has no time for those learned publications that have recently predicted that the Taliban are winning the insurgency.

"The reason I travel so much is so that I can come face-to-face with the hope and determination of our people," he said during an hour-long discussion in his office. "They want to play a role in the development of our villages, which constitute our identity. >>> Read more

 

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Zia visits Brasilia to strengthen ties with Brazil
 

Lalit K Jha - Mar 21, 2009 - 17:01

WASHINGTON (PAN): In an effort to build the nascent Afghan-Brazil ties, the Afghanistans Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Mohammad Ehsan Zia, and Political Counselor M Ashraf Haidari, paid an official visit to Brasilia early this month.

During their two-day visit, they met with Miguel Jorge, Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Miguel Jorge; Silas Brasileiro, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply; and Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Undersecretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations.

The bilateral meetings focused on a discussion of Afghanistans expanding relations with Brazil, and assessing areas of technical cooperation with the country, Haidari said.

Zia conveyed the gratitude of President Hamid Karzai and Afghan people to the Brazilian officials for their government’s recent financial pledge to assist the Afghan reconstruction efforts. >>> Read more

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Inauguration of 1 school in Jawzjan province

21 February, 2009 -

Construction of 1 school with the cost totals to 3 million Afs funded and implemented by MRRD under National Solidarity Programme (NSP) with direct contribution of community development council. The completion of the project provided educational facility for more than 500 students in Jawzjan province.

Of note the fact is that since the beginning of the year the National Solidarity Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development implementing 163 rural development projects in 85 villages of Jawzjan province of which 108 projects were completed and 55 projects are under progress.
 

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