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Kandahar Governor Toryalai Weesa on Sunday claimed work on different reconstruction and development projects was underway in the southern province which has not received development budget over the past few years.
Weesa said the projects included roads, buildings, printing presses, facilities for sportsmen, scholarships for youth to study abroad, reopening of closed schools and reducing poppy cultivation in the province.
The governor said the projects they had initiated were being executed with financial support from local traders and donors. A number of districts previously controlled by Taliban fighters had been recaptured, he claimed.
Linking the slow-paced reconstruction work to a shortage of resources, Weesa said a number of schools in the districts that were recently recaptured had been reopened to enable about 192,000 students to resume their studies.
He said new staff had been recruited into different institutions both in Kandahar City and in districts to ensure good governance.
Residents say they are happy with the provincial government for addressing the problems they were previously faced with. They were unable to work for the government, fearing the wrath of insurgents, but now educated youth are accepting job opportunities.
