KABUL (PAN): The government of Saudi Arabia on Thursday provided the Afghan Ministry of Education with $24 million to help improve educational infrastructure.
The assistance would be spent on the construction of school buildings, teacher training centres and religious seminaries, a statement issued by the Ministry of Education quoted Dr. Shafiq Samim, deputy head of religious studies at the ministry, as saying.
Saudi Arabia also pledged to construct a mosque in the style of Shah Faisal Mosque in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.
Saudi Arabia has already funded the building of an Islamic centre on Maranjan hill in Kabul at a cost of $100 million, the statement said.
Source:Pajhwok News
The assistance would be spent on the construction of school buildings, teacher training centres and religious seminaries, a statement issued by the Ministry of Education quoted Dr. Shafiq Samim, deputy head of religious studies at the ministry, as saying.
Saudi Arabia also pledged to construct a mosque in the style of Shah Faisal Mosque in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.
Saudi Arabia has already funded the building of an Islamic centre on Maranjan hill in Kabul at a cost of $100 million, the statement said.
Source:Pajhwok News

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