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Innovation & Technology

Siemens to provide Afghanistan mobile gas turbine

By
Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Nov 15, 2017 - 14:25
KABUL (Pajhwok): An international engineering and technology giant will provide its SGT-A45 mobile gas turbine that will form the foundation of a three-phase energy project in Afghanistan . In a press release, Siemens announced signing a Memorandum...
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Khost university student builds military tank model

By
Mohammad Haroon
On
Sep 12, 2017 - 18:05
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A university student in southeastern Khost province has designed a small military model tank. The student has urged the government to provide him technical tools and other resources. The innovator, Rashidullah, a resident of...
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Ghani calls for greater focus on science & technology

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Pajhwok
On
Sep 11, 2017 - 18:11
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani warned on Sunday that relentless terrorist activities, political instability and climate change were threatening the region. Addressing the OIC Science and Technology Summit in Astana, the capital of...
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India urged to launch special satellite for Afghanistan

By
Javed Hamim Kakar
On
Jul 31, 2017 - 15:17
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology (MoTT) has urged the government of India to launch a special satellite for Afghanistan . Najib Nangal, spokesman for the (MoTT), told Pajhwok Afghan News the acting minister of...
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‘Robotics team proves Afghan women can shine globally’

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Nasir ahmad sadiqi
On
Jul 22, 2017 - 18:15
KABUL (Pajhwok): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday appreciated the Afghan girl robotics team for their achievement in the United States, saying the team showed the Afghan women could shine in every field and bring laurels...
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Afghan robotics team wins Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli award

By
Lalit K Jha
On
Jul 19, 2017 - 08:54
WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The All-Afghan girl robotics team has won the Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli award for courageous achievement at the First Global Challenge in Washington. The six-member team, which arrived in the US over the weekend due to last-...
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President signs cybercrime bill into law: official

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Pajhwok
On
Jun 20, 2017 - 23:13
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has signed the bill on prevention of electronics crimes into law, the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology said on Tuesday.
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Kabul Polytechnic University holds first IT associate degree graduation

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Pajhwok
On
May 30, 2017 - 18:02
KABUL (Pajhwok): Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and Kabul Polytechnic University celebrated the graduation of the first 28 graduates, including eight females, obtaining an associate degree in Information Technology (IT) last week as part of a...
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Kabul hackathon: 35 youth exhibit skills

By
Beheshta Ayoubi
ZAHRA NAZARI
On
May 06, 2017 - 15:38
KABUL (Pajhwok): For the first time ever, an American organisation arranged a two-day technology competition in Afghanistan to help local youth hone their skills. The AngelHack Global Hackathon Series in Kabul featured 35 Afghan youth, including...
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Telecom firms asked to avoid selling active SIMs

By
Mohammad Halim Karimi
On
Apr 21, 2017 - 18:13
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology on Friday asked mobile phone companies to avoid selling already activated SIM cards and instead sell un-activated cards.
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Only marble factory in Kunar at standstill

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On
Mar 17, 2017 - 17:46
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Owner of the only marble factory in eastern Kunar province says his $250,000 investment was wasted after the government denied him contract.
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Ministry announces 20pc cut in Internet prices

By
Azizullah Hamdard
On
Feb 07, 2017 - 17:55
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) on Tuesday announced a 20 percent cut in internet prices.
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Transformer manufacturing company inaugurated in Nimroz

By
Ramin
On
Dec 14, 2016 - 13:18
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): The first-ever transformer manufacturing company involving a total investment of $7.5 million has been inaugurated in southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Wednesday. Haji Zahir, in charge of the company, told Pajhwok...
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Kabul not bound to stop mobile signal spillage: PTA

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Pajhwok Monitor
On
Nov 12, 2016 - 09:11
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghanistan is not bound to prevent its cellular phone signals from spillage into Pakistan , a top official informed the Senate on Friday. Islamabad has made a formal request to Kabul through the Foreign Office and the General...
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MoU on fast, cheapest postal service signed

By
Azizullah Hamdard
On
Oct 15, 2016 - 17:08
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MCIT) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Turkish Cargo company on postal services from Afghanistan to European, American and Middle East...
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Ghazni students develop software to reduce accidents

By
Rizwanullah Bilal
On
Oct 08, 2016 - 18:27
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Kabul University students have developed software which can make the understanding of traffic rules easy and prevent increasing number of traffic accidents.
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MoU signed to computerize IARCSC affairs

By
Navid Ahmad Barakzai
On
Apr 09, 2016 - 20:33
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology on computerizing the commission’s administrative system.
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‘Documents of 28m afs MoCIT project not available’

By
Mohammad Halim Karimi
On
Apr 03, 2016 - 15:22
KABUL (Pajhwok): The government has ‘verbally’ finalised a contract worth 28 million afghanis with a local company to develop a cell phone charges collection system for the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MoCIT), a source told Pajhwok Afghan News.
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Kabul-Logar optic fiber line to be laid soon

By
Abdul Maqsud Azizi
On
Feb 09, 2016 - 19:30
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Telecommunication and Information Technology Minister Abdul Raziq Wahidi on Tuesday said the internet facility would be provided to the university, the civil hospital and some schools in the capital of central Logar province...
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Young innovator makes different electrical appliances

By
‌Zabihullah Ihsas
On
Feb 06, 2016 - 16:57
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A young man in the capital of northern Balkh province has innovated electrical appliances including traffic signal lights cheaper than installed in major cities. The youth has made different electrical switches, switching...
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