MAHMUD-E-RAQI, Afghanistan, Aug 24 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 98 development projects have started in east Afghanistan’s Kapisa Province, regarding repairing roads and canals and constructing irrigation facilities, state media reported yesterday.
According to the state-owned news agency Bakhtar, investment in these projects totalled 144 million Afghanis (about 1.7 million U.S. dollars), with the funds provided by the World Bank.
Completing this project will facilitate local transportation and supply water to more farmlands across Kapisa, Bakhtar said.
The Afghan caretaker government has promised to rebuild all the national infrastructures, damaged or destroyed during the 20-year presence of foreign forces in the war-torn country.– NNN-ANA
