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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and international officials dedicated a school and a police headquarters this week in Herat province.
The school was built in Seyawashan, a village in the Gozara District, an area once known for insurgent attacks that now has a more stable environment thanks to Afghan and international security forces.
The 800 square-meter school has 10 classrooms and a multipurpose sports field. The Italian Ministry of Defence funded the €90,000 construction project.
Many prospective students attended the ceremony along with Shaoobi Masoomi, a representative of the Herat governor; Azrat Ghulam Tanha, head of the Herat Department of Education; Col. Claudio Dei, Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team commander; Ziayudeen Sharify, Gozara District governor; Col. Delewar Delewarsaha, Afghan national police provincial deputy commander, and numerous local authorities and elders.
In recent months, there have been numerous projects in Seyawashan, which is 15 kilometers southeast of Herat, to develop its infrastructure. In addition to the construction of the school, the PRT began restructuring a second school building, improving an important stretch of road — two kilometers were paved and 14 kilometers were covered in gravel. The PRT also dug a well to provide drinking water as well as for water for irrigating land for cultivation.
Afghan and international officials also dedicated a new police headquarters building for Herat's 6th District this week.
The 1,000 square-meter, two-story building was built by local firms under the direction of the Herat PRT in about five months. The headquarters consists of a solid masonry outer fence, 20 general service offices and a guard shack. The Italian Ministry of Defence provided more than €80,000 for the construction.
Ghulam Sarwer Khorsani, head of the technical services for the governorate of Herat; Mr. Masoomi; Brig. Gen. Alessandro Veltri, Regional Command-West commander; Dei; and Delewarsaha were among those present for the ceremony.
"Great progress has been made by the police in terms of autonomous capacity to intervene for the security of the entire province," said Veltri. "This is allowing Regional Command-West to increase reconstruction and development in areas of fundamental importance such as health, education and justice, as they underpin the development of the country and its governance."
| Date Taken: | 04.07.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 04.07.2010 10:55 |
| Story ID: | 47803 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
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