Kabul Sanitation Department Initiates New Project to Remove Solid Waste as part of USAID Program

http://kabul.usembassy.gov/pr_123009.html

"Kabul, Afghanistan, December 30, 2009 - The US Government is supporting Kabul Municipal Government's Sanitation Department to clean the piles of solid waste throughout the city that has not been removed for the past several years via a $60 million cash-for-work program.

The project will remove more than 80,000 cubic meters of solid waste from the city, contributing to the overall aesthetics of the city and reducing the hazards of diseases borne from the waste."