Farah Provincial Governor Rahool Amin addresses hundreds during a shura in the remote district of Pur Chaman, Afghanistan, Sept. 15. Gov. Amin and other provincial level officials conducted a two-day visit to the district, with support from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, to conduct a shura and meet with district level officials to promote governance and development. (ISAF photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rylan K. Albright)

ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan
2010-09-ED-219
For Immediate Release
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KABUL, Afghanistan (Sept. 20) - The provincial governor made his second visit in the past four months to Farah province's most remote district recently to conduct a shura and meet with district officials.

Governor Rahool Amin, along with other provincial officials, travelled to Pur Chaman district, a 7,000 square kilometer area in the northeastern corner of the province for a two-day visit. The district's 40,000 residents rely largely on honey and almond production to make a living.

The governor focused on reintegration and reconciliation, the decrease of poppy production and reconstruction and development projects when he addressed several hundred residents during a shura at the district center.

"It is good to address the needs of the people of Pur Chaman," said the governor. "To bring government officials from different political parties together to solve problems is how business should be done."

Government officials, in coordination with the International Security Assistance Force Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, also unveiled six proposed development projects for the district. The projects include: a micro-hydro plant to develop electrification, a bee keeping facility to promote the district's honey production, solar street lights, a boy's school, an expansion of a health clinic and a security wall around a girl's school.

"Our trip to Pur Chaman was an excellent opportunity to facilitate provincial-level reconnecting with their district-level counterparts - even in one of the most remote parts of Afghanistan," said Mark Thornburg, U.S. Department of State representative for PRT Farah.

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