Ghazni residents build 15m afs education complex — Pajhwok

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Local residents have constructed and inaugurated an educational complex at a cost of 15 million afghanis in Ab Band district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Khyal Mohammad Nafiz, head of the complex, said it comprised two buildings and a grand mosque, built on 1.5 acres of land to provide suitable facilities for education, teaching, accommodation and other academic activities in the Payenda Khel area of the district. He said construction of the facility began a year ago and was completed at a cost of 15 million afghanis. Currently, 190 children and young people, including 40 girls and 150 boys, are receiving religious and modern education at the two centres, he said. He added that the complex included a madrassa for boys, facilities for day and boarding students, a grand mosque and a Darul Hifaz (Quran memorisation centre). He said residents of Payendakhel, as well as people from around 10 neighbouring villages, could benefit from the educational facilities. Around 85 families live in Payendakhel village alone, according to Nafiz. He said a shortage of educational facilities and difficulties faced by children in accessing education had prompted him to work with local residents to establish the complex and provide children in the area with suitable learning opportunities. Haji Khaliqdad Haqmal, a tribal elder from…