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    1st Afghan satellite to be launched next year



    The acting telecommunication and information technology minister on Tuesday said a satellite would be launched into space, computerised national identity cards distributed and 3G internet services introduced this year.
    Amirzai Sangin told a graduation ceremony at the Information and Communication Technology Institute (ICTI) that his ministry would soon sign an agreement with a foreign company to launch the satellite.
    He said the project would enable TV channels and radio stations to slash their transmission costs. "When the agreement is signed, further information will be released," he added.
    Sangin also announced the process of distributing computerised identity cards would start by March 21. He said computerised cards would help improve security, collect exact statistics and prevent the misuse of cards.
    Over the next six months, the minister said, 3G Internet services would also be made available in the country.
    The 3rd generation is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services that fulfill the International Mobile Telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000) specifications by the International Telecommunication Union.
    Application services include wide-area wireless voice telephone, mobile Internet access, video calls and mobile TV, all in a mobile environment.
    Sangin said about 17 million of the country's 26 million population used mobile phones and the number would increase further.
    Sixty-two students attended the graduation ceremony at the ICT Institute. In the past, a considerable number of foreigners would work in different positions at his ministry, but now 98 percent of staffers are Afghans, Sangin said.
    "Foreigners only work in Kabul, while in provinces, local people have been appointed to government jobs, he added.
    Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

    -Ferishta, 1560–1620
    Tags: 1st, afghan, launched, satellite, year
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    I have heard long ago that there was some daud named guy from Afghanistan has stepped on the Moon or Mars long ago? Is it true, if yes, any details ?

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    • #3
      Abdul Ahad Momand


      Abdul Ahad Momand was born in Sardah, Afghanistan in 1959; he finished school in Afghanistan and sought to become a pilot. Momand was an exceptional pilot and was chosen amongst many to be trained for a flight to space station Mir. Trained as a professional Cosmonaut, Momand joined the International Group 6 in 1988 and was selected as part of a group to visit the space station Mir with Lyakhov and Valery Polyakov.

      Lyakhov, 47, a military pilot who has flown in space twice before, but, Momand, 29, an Afghan air force pilot was the first Afghan in Space.

      Lyakhov, Momand and Soviet doctor Valery Polyakov were launched into space Aug. 29 and boarded the orbiting Mir space station two days later. Polyakov remained aboard, but Lyakhov and Momand undocked the Soyuz at 2:55 a.m. Moscow time Tuesday (5:55 p.m. CDT Monday) for the trip home.

      Polyakov stayed on the Mir to monitor the health of two other cosmonauts who have been in space for more than eight months.

      The Soyuz capsule is designed for trips to and from space, not for long flights.
      life-support systems on the globe-shaped capsule were designed to last two days, meaning that had the cosmonauts not been able to descend, they would have been in jeopardy by third day.

      Afghanland.com Afghanistan First Afghan in Space

      Wikipedia has more details on him.


      Abdul Ahad Mohmand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

      non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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      • #4
        He is the reason Pashto is the 3rd or 4th language spoken in space.
        Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

        A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

        For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


        The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

        -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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        • #5
          on the other hand ....

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