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Afghan Women’s Cycling Team placed 2nd, 3rd among 25 countries
The National Women Cycling Team of Afghanistan has secured the second and third positions in a major international race, Cyclosportive Albigeoise, held in France on Sunday.
Three Afghan girls Zhala, Masoma, and Zahra who are famous as the little queens of Kabul have spent the last two weeks training in France, and three of them competed and owned 2nd and 3rd places among the 25 countries.
This was the first time Afghan girls were racing with “boys and girls” from different countries including the Europe, United States and Asia.
In Afghanistan, where women can be killed for a small affront to its conservative culture, biking can be unimaginable for almost 99 percent of the Afghan girls, but the three brave Afghan girls worked so hard and are now an inspiration to women everywhere.
Masoma Alizada, 19, who has own the second place in the competition says she feels ‘free’ when she ride bicycle in France compare to Afghanistan while the racing at an international competition in France has never been ‘imagined’ for Zahra Alizada, another member of the team.
“This is surely still unbelievable even for ourselves, but we tried hardly a lot to achieve this,” Zhala Sarmast, 17, the smallest and the smartest member of the Afghan Cycling Team said.
Afghanistan’s team was trained under the guidance of Rolland Gilles and Claudia Gillas, world champions, for 12 days in France where the Afghan team proudly stood on the first line on the start stage of competition and were very proud with Afghanistan flag on their shirts as said.
Zhala says the Afghan girls have been qualified for the world championship in Australia, which is going to be held in September 2016.
Afghan cyclist will arrive at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday at 09:00 am with their international medals and cups for their country.
The Albigeoise is an official French qualifying event for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships which will be held in Perth, Australia in early September 2016. The event is open to licensed and non-licensed riders.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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