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Rebuilding Afghanistan
Weekly Activity Update for March 7 - March 11
Issue #78
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| Supreme Court administrative staff receive computer
training
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| Training of Master Teachers, who in turn train local
teachers
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| Ambassador Zalmay Khalizad at the Opening
Ceremony of the Bibi Khadija Central Girls’ High
School, Kunduz city
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| Kajaki Hydroelectric Power Plant
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Strengthening the Government
Building Capacity in the Afghan Supreme Court
Afghanistan’s justice system faces enormous challenges, and
USAID is working in close cooperation with the Supreme Court and
Ministry of Justice to strengthen the five major elements necessary
for a recognized rule of law: legal framework, formal court system,
qualified legal personnel, judicial buildings, and citizens who know
and exercise their legal rights. In particular, significant progress
has been made in working with and training the nine Supreme
Court Judges. USAID has trained Supreme Court administrative
staff and is upgrading records management which, among other
things, will allow the Supreme Court to track the training needs of
local-level judges. In January 2005, USAID worked with the
Supreme Court to coordinate among donors to better plan and
execute legal personnel training and to establish a training library.
Creating Conditions for Stability:
Expanding Educational Opportunity
As part of its overall objective to create conditions for stability,
USAID is increasing access to education by training teachers,
distributing supplies, and reconstructing schools. The Afghanistan
Primary Education Program (APEP) provides accelerated education
to over-age learners who were denied primary education during the
Taliban era, as well as training for teachers through specialized
courses at each grade level and nationwide radio-based teacher
training broadcasts. APEP also prints textbooks for primary and
secondary schools throughout Afghanistan.
As part of APEP’s program, Master Trainers teach provincial
counterparts who in turn train village teachers. This “cascade
method” provides quality training at each grade level to 6,969
teachers of APEP's accelerated learning classes. On February 21st,
approximately 150 of the Ministry of Education's Master Trainers
completed training. Additional Master Trainer programs are
being planned to meet the needs of the 30 teachers who were
unable to reach Kabul due to the severe winter weather. Also, this
reporting period, 422 additional students in Sari Pul Province
enrolled in APEP’s Accelerated Learning programs. These
additional enrollments bring the overall figure to 170,268 – above the
original target of 170,000 students.
To support the expansion of the education system, USAID is building
schools - 137 schools have been constructed, and an additional 279
are underway. Record snowfall, however, has significantly slowed
the rate of school construction.
Infrastructure: Power
Rebuilding & Expanding Power Assets
Energy is necessary for sustainable economic growth and its demand
rises roughly in step with economic growth in countries such as
Afghanistan. Without energy, especially electricity, a nation has
difficulty creating employment opportunities, supporting value-added
industries, operating communications systems, providing potable and
irrigation water, keeping vaccines cool, and expanding educational
opportunities. USAID continues to enhance the Afghan power sector
through provision of fuel and rehabilitation of hydro plants. Diesel fuel
supplies provide for operations of the Northwest Kabul power facility,
Kandahar emergency diesel station and Lashkar Gah emergency
diesel supply. As diesel fuel is a primary source of power supply for
Kabul and Kandahar during winter low hydro periods, an additional 8
million liters has been supplied (contract awarded January 2005.)
Refurbishment of the Kajaki Hydroelectric Power Plant’s two turbine
units and construction of a new third unit began in December 2004. A
work camp has been constructed and work on Unit 1 is underway.
Security Incidents
Note: Hostile attacks are reported through USAID's security contractors and the Associated Press
- Number of Hostile Attacks: During this reporting period, there were seven hostile attacks resulting in 19 injuries
and three deaths.
- USAID Related: During this reporting period, there was only one hostile attack directly affecting USAID related
projects and/or staff. There were six other attacks and threats against other aid agencies and NGOs.
- Latest Attack: On the night of March 7, Steve MacQueen, a Scottish national, was killed in Kabul near the UN
guesthouse. The perpetrators managed to escape from the area in their vehicle. The motive behind the incident
remains unknown. A police investigation is underway. The victim was driving a white Toyota pickup that was
marked with Government of Afghanistan stickers and shown as donated by UNDP (United Nations Development
Program). MacQueen had been working as an advisor to the Afghan Government’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development (MRRD). He was working on a rural credit scheme, one of its aims being to reduce the dependence of
farmers on growing opium.
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This graphic shows the number of hostile attacks by month.
In September 2004, there were 7 hostile incidents directly affecting USAID related activities and 17 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
In October 2004, there were 3 hostile incidents directly affecting USAID related activities and 18 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
In November 2004, there were 2 hostile incidents directly affecting USAID related activities and 10 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
In December 2004, there were 3 hostile incidents directly affecting USAID related activities and 4 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
In January 2005, there was 1 hostile incident directly affecting USAID related activities and 8 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
In February 2005, there were 2 hostile incidents directly affecting USAID related activities and 5 indirect hostile incidents affecting USAID activities.
ANSO Security Reporting began in September 2004.
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