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Boosting Bee Business in Afghanistan
Many Afghans are subsistence farmers who teeter on the edge of malnutrition or starvation every year. In Afghanistan’s Konar province, one of the most violent provinces in the country, an American provincial reconstruction team is working with the Afghan government on a unique solution to help feed its people: bees. Experts from the Konar Department of Agriculture maintain a number of small beehives throughout Konar Valley and are working to expand the reach of the pollinators. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Rebuilding the Ancient Irrigation Canals
The provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Konar province is working to restore an irrigation system in the province’s Manawara district that has become a casualty of decades of war. The ancient Karez system, comprising 12 wells and numerous aqueducts, uses river water and underground spring water to irrigate crops in the area. During the Soviet-Afghan war that began in 1978 and ended in 1989, the Soviets bombed the system to prevent Afghan fighters from transporting … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Antiquities and Ruins, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Bringing Afghans Closer: Bridging the Konar River
The Konar River runs for 150 km and serves as a natural border between eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Although the villages along the eastern and western banks of the river are part of Konar, the river reinforces cultural and political alliances between Afghans on the eastern shore and tribesmen across the border in Pakistan. The people on the east have had very little connection to the provincial government. To resolve this problem, the Konar Provincial … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Kandigal Village Celebrates Girls’ School
The first girls’ school in Kandigal Village celebrated an opening ceremony with elders from all over the river valley June 14, in Konar Province, Afghanistan. The new $200,000, 400-seat Kandigal Girls School was funded by the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, also known as Task Force Rock. Gov. Hajji Sayed Wahidi, Konar, and a number of other Konar provincial government officials were joined by Lt. Col. William Ostlund, Task Force Rock commander, and Navy Cmdr. Daniel W. Dwyer, Konar Provincial Reconstruction Team commander. “Girls schools are the first priority for the government because unfortunately when Afghanistan was in the hands of the Taliban, the women were kept in the dark, and not allowed to come out of their homes for learning,†said Wahidi. “The women are in a very bad situation; therefore we … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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