Roshan in Partnership with Cisco
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tae-yoo/e ... Technology
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Now, pockets of positive change can be seen throughout Afghanistan. For example, Roshan, the country's leading telecommunications company, is helping to bring the benefits of a robust broadband infrastructure to health care, education, and other sectors. Health is a crucial concern: In a nation recovering from 25 years of conflict, the health care system has been left in ruins. UN statistics estimate that one in 10 Afghan children dies before their fifth birthday, among the highest mortality rates for under-fives in the world. And, according to the World Health Organization, there are only two doctors for every 10,000 people in Afghanistan.
Recognizing this, Roshan has worked with partners such as Cisco to make a significant investment in tele-health solutions that allow international medical experts to reach patients across Afghanistan. A broadband connection and advanced telemedicine solutions help doctors at the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul provide consultation on about 80 radiology cases per month to both the Aga Khan University Hospital, in Karachi, and the Bamyan Provincial Hospital.
Roshan - Not just a cell phone company
Roshan brings home the prestigious World Communications Award for Best Customer Care
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan´s leading total communications provider, today announced it won the Best Customer Care Award at the eleventh annual World Communication Awards ceremony, held in London. Roshan´s victory marks the sixth consecutive year the operator has been recognized by the World Communication Awards.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan´s leading total communications provider, today announced it won the Best Customer Care Award at the eleventh annual World Communication Awards ceremony, held in London. Roshan´s victory marks the sixth consecutive year the operator has been recognized by the World Communication Awards.
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http://www.wallstreet-online.de/nachric ... tomer-care
Roshan Officially Recognized For Quality In Afghanistan
Technology and Network and Sales Organization Awarded Global ISO 9001:2008 Certification—Two Firsts for Afghanistan
PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1yR05)
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today announced that the company has been awarded the highest quality recognition of ISO 9001:2008 for its technology, network and sales operations. ISO is gained by organizations that focus on improving company operations through utilizing performance principles such as strong customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, governance, factual approach to decision making and continual improvement.¹ Recognized in over 150 countries, the two certifications,—a first for any telecommunications operator in Afghanistan—were awarded to Roshan after a year-long rigorous evaluation process conducted by ISO certified auditors.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 87161.html
Technology and Network and Sales Organization Awarded Global ISO 9001:2008 Certification—Two Firsts for Afghanistan
PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1yR05)
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, today announced that the company has been awarded the highest quality recognition of ISO 9001:2008 for its technology, network and sales operations. ISO is gained by organizations that focus on improving company operations through utilizing performance principles such as strong customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, governance, factual approach to decision making and continual improvement.¹ Recognized in over 150 countries, the two certifications,—a first for any telecommunications operator in Afghanistan—were awarded to Roshan after a year-long rigorous evaluation process conducted by ISO certified auditors.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 87161.html
How Afghanistan Is On the Leading Edge of a Tech Revolution
In the eyes of the rest of the world, war-torn Afghanistan is a place with a beaten-down infrastructure, the minimum of modern amenities and certainly none of the services made possible by the latest technological advances powering the Internet, financial services and telecommunications.
Surprisingly, however, Afghanistan is on the leading edge of the mobile-money and banking revolution sweeping through developing countries from Kenya to Indonesia. For example, these days it’s not at all unusual to see an Afghan policeman on Kabul’s security cordon, known as the Ring of Steel, checking his Nokia 1101 to verify that his monthly salary has been transferred to his mobile wallet. Then, just as quickly, texting a sum of money to his wife’s mobile phone in rural Afghanistan so she can buy groceries for the family or a new propane tank for the kitchen.
Nothing this slick exists in the U.S. or most other G7 countries, but in Afghanistan – a country of 30 million where nearly 70% of the population is illiterate and fewer than 5% of people have a bank account – this scenario is part of reality. “I’m not aware of any such deployment in the U.S.,” says Tomasz Smilowicz, managing director with Citi’s Global Transaction Services in New York, referring to Afghanistan’s mobile-money service, known locally as M-Paisa . “It’s a success, no questions about it.”
http://world.time.com/2013/03/02/how-af ... evolution/
In the eyes of the rest of the world, war-torn Afghanistan is a place with a beaten-down infrastructure, the minimum of modern amenities and certainly none of the services made possible by the latest technological advances powering the Internet, financial services and telecommunications.
Surprisingly, however, Afghanistan is on the leading edge of the mobile-money and banking revolution sweeping through developing countries from Kenya to Indonesia. For example, these days it’s not at all unusual to see an Afghan policeman on Kabul’s security cordon, known as the Ring of Steel, checking his Nokia 1101 to verify that his monthly salary has been transferred to his mobile wallet. Then, just as quickly, texting a sum of money to his wife’s mobile phone in rural Afghanistan so she can buy groceries for the family or a new propane tank for the kitchen.
Nothing this slick exists in the U.S. or most other G7 countries, but in Afghanistan – a country of 30 million where nearly 70% of the population is illiterate and fewer than 5% of people have a bank account – this scenario is part of reality. “I’m not aware of any such deployment in the U.S.,” says Tomasz Smilowicz, managing director with Citi’s Global Transaction Services in New York, referring to Afghanistan’s mobile-money service, known locally as M-Paisa . “It’s a success, no questions about it.”
http://world.time.com/2013/03/02/how-af ... evolution/
Mobile Afghanistan: How A National Telecom Network Delivers Social Goods
http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldf ... ial-goods/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldf ... ial-goods/
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Roshan among Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in “Social Good”
By Zabihullah Moosakhail - Wed Mar 25 2015, 4:02 pm
Roshan AfghanistanFast Company, one of the leading business magazines in the world, recently released its annual Top 50 and Top 10 ranking of the Most Innovative Companies worldwide for various business and innovation categories in which Roshan Telecommunication Company from Afghanistan was ranked number 7 at the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in “Social Good”.
Fast Company recognized Roshan for its ethical business practices and work on social and economic development across Afghanistan.
The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies list usually includes very prominent international corporations, including tech giants such as Apple and Google. This is the first time that an Afghan company has been included in Fast Company’s ranking, bringing prestige and honor to Afghanistan and especially to the country’s telecom industry.
Karim Khoja CEO of Roshan says “Being named one of the world’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Social Good is a proud moment for us as a leading Afghan telecom company and for Afghanistan that our innovative work and social contributions has been recognized globally,”
Roshan started its operation in 2003 and its investment is now more than $600 million in telecom infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Roshan has more than 1,100 employees of whom 20 percent are women.
Roshan among Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in “Social Good”
By Zabihullah Moosakhail - Wed Mar 25 2015, 4:02 pm
Roshan AfghanistanFast Company, one of the leading business magazines in the world, recently released its annual Top 50 and Top 10 ranking of the Most Innovative Companies worldwide for various business and innovation categories in which Roshan Telecommunication Company from Afghanistan was ranked number 7 at the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in “Social Good”.
Fast Company recognized Roshan for its ethical business practices and work on social and economic development across Afghanistan.
The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies list usually includes very prominent international corporations, including tech giants such as Apple and Google. This is the first time that an Afghan company has been included in Fast Company’s ranking, bringing prestige and honor to Afghanistan and especially to the country’s telecom industry.
Karim Khoja CEO of Roshan says “Being named one of the world’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Social Good is a proud moment for us as a leading Afghan telecom company and for Afghanistan that our innovative work and social contributions has been recognized globally,”
Roshan started its operation in 2003 and its investment is now more than $600 million in telecom infrastructure in Afghanistan.
Roshan has more than 1,100 employees of whom 20 percent are women.
Forbes ranks Roshan Telecom high in the 16 Companies Considered ‘Best For The World’ rankings
ismailimail / 17 hours ago
Ismailimail is pleased to announce that Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider has been named one of the 16 Companies Considered ‘Best For The World’ by Forbes Magazine, one of the premier business magazines in the world.
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“Our goal was to spearhead economic development and to facilitate greater social cohesion in Afghanistan through the introduction of accessible telecommunications technology.
We believe that the ability to speak with friends and family, wherever they are, is a right that every Afghan deserves.”
– Karim Khoja, CEO Roshan Telecom
All of those efforts have earned Roshan the distinction of being a “Best for the World” honoree by B Lab, an eight-year-old non-profit based in Berwyn, PA that invented the concept of a “Benefit Corporation,” a company that turns a profit while benefiting its workers, its community and the Earth, sometimes at the expense of its owners.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ilimail%29
ismailimail / 17 hours ago
Ismailimail is pleased to announce that Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications provider has been named one of the 16 Companies Considered ‘Best For The World’ by Forbes Magazine, one of the premier business magazines in the world.
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“Our goal was to spearhead economic development and to facilitate greater social cohesion in Afghanistan through the introduction of accessible telecommunications technology.
We believe that the ability to speak with friends and family, wherever they are, is a right that every Afghan deserves.”
– Karim Khoja, CEO Roshan Telecom
All of those efforts have earned Roshan the distinction of being a “Best for the World” honoree by B Lab, an eight-year-old non-profit based in Berwyn, PA that invented the concept of a “Benefit Corporation,” a company that turns a profit while benefiting its workers, its community and the Earth, sometimes at the expense of its owners.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ilimail%29
Executive Masterclass on the Harvard Business School case study: Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan
On November 6, 2015, Aga Khan Foundation Canada hosted an Executive Masterclass on the Harvard Business School case study, Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan.
Roshan Telecom, established in 2003 at the height of the Afghan war, has been widely cited as an exemplary model of corporate social responsibility, bringing mobile connectivity, economic opportunity, healthcare, and education to Afghanistan. The story of Roshan is one of unexpected transformation: of a private sector enterprise contributing to the social and economic development of Afghanistan through mobile connectivity. And the lessons drawn from the Roshan experience have significant value well beyond Afghanistan.
The masterclass, was be facilitated by Shawn A. Cole from Harvard Business School and Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan, who provided additional insights, perspectives on evolving challenges and opportunities in not only in Afghanistan, but in other developing and emerging economies.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ghanistan/
On November 6, 2015, Aga Khan Foundation Canada hosted an Executive Masterclass on the Harvard Business School case study, Roshan: Light at the end of the tunnel in Afghanistan.
Roshan Telecom, established in 2003 at the height of the Afghan war, has been widely cited as an exemplary model of corporate social responsibility, bringing mobile connectivity, economic opportunity, healthcare, and education to Afghanistan. The story of Roshan is one of unexpected transformation: of a private sector enterprise contributing to the social and economic development of Afghanistan through mobile connectivity. And the lessons drawn from the Roshan experience have significant value well beyond Afghanistan.
The masterclass, was be facilitated by Shawn A. Cole from Harvard Business School and Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan, who provided additional insights, perspectives on evolving challenges and opportunities in not only in Afghanistan, but in other developing and emerging economies.
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ghanistan/
Syniverse Supports Roshan’s Revenue Assurance
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Syniverse Supports Roshan’s Revenue Assurance
Predictive analytics technology detects and responds to fraud and revenue leakage
December 03, 2015 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syniverse today announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Roshan, Afghanistan’s largest telecommunications company, to provide revenue assurance and fraud detection services. The agreement will provide Roshan with predictive analytic solutions that protect the company against the latest forms of mobile fraud and optimize its revenue flow.
Mobile fraud has surged to present an especially penetrating threat to businesses and consumers, as companies now stand to lose on average of $92 million in revenue each year from mobile fraud, according to a report by J. Gold Associates.
“At Roshan, we not only strive always to provide the best quality products and services to our customers, but also to bring best business practices and international expertise to Afghanistan through collaborations with leading global companies,” said Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan. “By working with Syniverse, Roshan will be able to use the strongest fraud protection tools available to optimize its revenue flow and better serve its 6.5 million customers.”
Roshan will implement Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance solutions, which are based on Syniverse’s Risk Management portfolio. The Fraud Management solution helps both companies and operators combat the full range of today’s mobile fraud by using predictive analytic capabilities to enable the best collection of data and use of it to respond to particular patterns. Syniverse’s Revenue Assurance solution provides clear and accurate data on an operator’s entire revenue flow and identifies any problem areas in the end-to-end billing cycle that can be enhanced to help eliminate revenue loss.
“With the Communications Fraud Control Association reporting that mobile fraud is responsible for $38 billion in revenue loss for operators globally, it’s imperative that operators have a full-scale strategy for protecting themselves and their customers from this threat,” said Joseph George, Senior Product Management Director, Syniverse. “Syniverse’s fraud strategy – based on a global, mobile and data-driven approach – will enable Roshan to quickly implement a full-strength fraud-protection solution to provide the best user experience to its customers.”
Syniverse’s agreement with Roshan builds on its recent progress with its Risk Management portfolio. This year, Syniverse signed its 100th fraud customer, marking a milestone in the growth of the company’s fraud team since its inception in 2007.
About Syniverse
Syniverse is the leading global transaction processor that connects more than 1,500 mobile service providers, enterprises, ISPs and OTTs in nearly 200 countries and territories, enabling seamless mobile communications across disparate and rapidly evolving networks, devices and applications. We deliver innovative cloud-based solutions that facilitate superior end-user experiences through always-on services and real-time engagement. For more than 25 years, Syniverse has been simplifying complexity to deliver the promise of mobility – a simple, interoperable experience, anytime, anywhere. For more information, visit www.syniverse.com, follow Syniverse on Twitter or connect with Syniverse on Facebook.
About Roshan
Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd) is Afghanistan's leading total communications provider with over 6.5 million active subscribers and a network that covers over 287 districts and cities in all of the country's 34 provinces.
Roshan is a true Afghanistan success story, serving as a catalyst for economic growth and actively contributing to the country’s long-term development. Since its inception in 2003, Roshan has invested approximately $600 million in Afghanistan and is the country’s single largest private investor and taxpayer, contributing approximately five percent of the Afghan government's overall domestic revenue. Roshan directly employs around 1,000 people – 19 percent of whom are women – and provides indirect employment to more than 35,000 people. Roshan is deeply committed to Afghanistan’s reconstruction and development.
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is a major shareholder of Roshan and promotes private initiatives and building economically sound enterprises in the developing world. Also owned in part by Monaco Telecom International (MTI) and TeliaSonera, Roshan brings international expertise to the country and is committed to the highest standards of network quality and coverage for the people of Afghanistan.
To learn more about Roshan, visit www.roshan.af, http://www.facebook.com/RoshanConnects or @roshanconnects on Twitter.
Contacts
Syniverse Public Relations
Bobby Eagle, +1-813-637-5050
[email protected]
or
Roshan Media Contact
Shafi Sharifi, +93 (0) 799.99.9065
[email protected]
Syniverse Supports Roshan’s Revenue Assurance
Predictive analytics technology detects and responds to fraud and revenue leakage
December 03, 2015 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syniverse today announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement with Roshan, Afghanistan’s largest telecommunications company, to provide revenue assurance and fraud detection services. The agreement will provide Roshan with predictive analytic solutions that protect the company against the latest forms of mobile fraud and optimize its revenue flow.
Mobile fraud has surged to present an especially penetrating threat to businesses and consumers, as companies now stand to lose on average of $92 million in revenue each year from mobile fraud, according to a report by J. Gold Associates.
“At Roshan, we not only strive always to provide the best quality products and services to our customers, but also to bring best business practices and international expertise to Afghanistan through collaborations with leading global companies,” said Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan. “By working with Syniverse, Roshan will be able to use the strongest fraud protection tools available to optimize its revenue flow and better serve its 6.5 million customers.”
Roshan will implement Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance solutions, which are based on Syniverse’s Risk Management portfolio. The Fraud Management solution helps both companies and operators combat the full range of today’s mobile fraud by using predictive analytic capabilities to enable the best collection of data and use of it to respond to particular patterns. Syniverse’s Revenue Assurance solution provides clear and accurate data on an operator’s entire revenue flow and identifies any problem areas in the end-to-end billing cycle that can be enhanced to help eliminate revenue loss.
“With the Communications Fraud Control Association reporting that mobile fraud is responsible for $38 billion in revenue loss for operators globally, it’s imperative that operators have a full-scale strategy for protecting themselves and their customers from this threat,” said Joseph George, Senior Product Management Director, Syniverse. “Syniverse’s fraud strategy – based on a global, mobile and data-driven approach – will enable Roshan to quickly implement a full-strength fraud-protection solution to provide the best user experience to its customers.”
Syniverse’s agreement with Roshan builds on its recent progress with its Risk Management portfolio. This year, Syniverse signed its 100th fraud customer, marking a milestone in the growth of the company’s fraud team since its inception in 2007.
About Syniverse
Syniverse is the leading global transaction processor that connects more than 1,500 mobile service providers, enterprises, ISPs and OTTs in nearly 200 countries and territories, enabling seamless mobile communications across disparate and rapidly evolving networks, devices and applications. We deliver innovative cloud-based solutions that facilitate superior end-user experiences through always-on services and real-time engagement. For more than 25 years, Syniverse has been simplifying complexity to deliver the promise of mobility – a simple, interoperable experience, anytime, anywhere. For more information, visit www.syniverse.com, follow Syniverse on Twitter or connect with Syniverse on Facebook.
About Roshan
Roshan (Telecom Development Company Afghanistan Ltd) is Afghanistan's leading total communications provider with over 6.5 million active subscribers and a network that covers over 287 districts and cities in all of the country's 34 provinces.
Roshan is a true Afghanistan success story, serving as a catalyst for economic growth and actively contributing to the country’s long-term development. Since its inception in 2003, Roshan has invested approximately $600 million in Afghanistan and is the country’s single largest private investor and taxpayer, contributing approximately five percent of the Afghan government's overall domestic revenue. Roshan directly employs around 1,000 people – 19 percent of whom are women – and provides indirect employment to more than 35,000 people. Roshan is deeply committed to Afghanistan’s reconstruction and development.
The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), is a major shareholder of Roshan and promotes private initiatives and building economically sound enterprises in the developing world. Also owned in part by Monaco Telecom International (MTI) and TeliaSonera, Roshan brings international expertise to the country and is committed to the highest standards of network quality and coverage for the people of Afghanistan.
To learn more about Roshan, visit www.roshan.af, http://www.facebook.com/RoshanConnects or @roshanconnects on Twitter.
Contacts
Syniverse Public Relations
Bobby Eagle, +1-813-637-5050
[email protected]
or
Roshan Media Contact
Shafi Sharifi, +93 (0) 799.99.9065
[email protected]
Once a Bright Spot, Afghan Telecoms Face Unsustainable Losses
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/bu ... .html?_r=0
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The Afghan government has again increased taxes on the industry to replenish its coffers, cutting into the industry’s shrinking profits. And the country’s telecom companies are competing for a dwindling pool of customers after the drawdown in American and coalition troops and contractors.
“The success that was is no longer there,” said Karim Khoja, the chief executive of Roshan, one of the largest Afghan telecom companies. “The economics keep making it more and more difficult.”
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Roshan pledged in 2014 that it would stay, no matter the cost. The company was founded by the charitable fund of the Aga Khan as a way to spark investment in one of the world’s poorest countries.
The company, however, is re-evaluating its promise. Its chief executive, Mr. Khoja, said Roshan would never recoup its $600 million investment in the country. Revenue slid 10 percent in 2014 and declined slightly in 2015, according to the company.
“I have to keep the balance between longevity and sustainability,” Mr. Khoja said. “You cannot sell below your cost forever.”
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/bu ... .html?_r=0
Extracts:
The Afghan government has again increased taxes on the industry to replenish its coffers, cutting into the industry’s shrinking profits. And the country’s telecom companies are competing for a dwindling pool of customers after the drawdown in American and coalition troops and contractors.
“The success that was is no longer there,” said Karim Khoja, the chief executive of Roshan, one of the largest Afghan telecom companies. “The economics keep making it more and more difficult.”
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Roshan pledged in 2014 that it would stay, no matter the cost. The company was founded by the charitable fund of the Aga Khan as a way to spark investment in one of the world’s poorest countries.
The company, however, is re-evaluating its promise. Its chief executive, Mr. Khoja, said Roshan would never recoup its $600 million investment in the country. Revenue slid 10 percent in 2014 and declined slightly in 2015, according to the company.
“I have to keep the balance between longevity and sustainability,” Mr. Khoja said. “You cannot sell below your cost forever.”
Bringing Connectivity to Afghan Girls
Before 2001, decades of conflict had left Afghanistan’s education system in tatters. Over the last ten years, however, there has been significant progress in improving education in the country and making it more accessible to Afghan children. More schools have been built and more children are enrolled in schools since 2001. According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, there are an estimated 10.5 million children enrolled in school today compared to only 500,000, almost all boys, in 2001. Yet there is still a long way to go to make education accessible to all Afghan children.
According to Human Rights officials in Afghanistan, there are close to 6.5 million children who are “acutely vulnerable” which include an estimated 2 million orphans in the country. The number of orphans has been increasing because of the increased violence in recent years. These orphans are often forced to work as child laborers and have little or no prospect of going to school. Fortunately, there are several public and private orphanages in Afghanistan which provide shelter and access to education for these orphans.
Helping all children, especially the most vulnerable ones like the orphans, to have access to education is imperative for all governments. It is also important that the private sector helps in different ways to give our young children, boys and girls, an opportunity to learn and grow.
http://roshan.af/blog/?p=337
Before 2001, decades of conflict had left Afghanistan’s education system in tatters. Over the last ten years, however, there has been significant progress in improving education in the country and making it more accessible to Afghan children. More schools have been built and more children are enrolled in schools since 2001. According to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education, there are an estimated 10.5 million children enrolled in school today compared to only 500,000, almost all boys, in 2001. Yet there is still a long way to go to make education accessible to all Afghan children.
According to Human Rights officials in Afghanistan, there are close to 6.5 million children who are “acutely vulnerable” which include an estimated 2 million orphans in the country. The number of orphans has been increasing because of the increased violence in recent years. These orphans are often forced to work as child laborers and have little or no prospect of going to school. Fortunately, there are several public and private orphanages in Afghanistan which provide shelter and access to education for these orphans.
Helping all children, especially the most vulnerable ones like the orphans, to have access to education is imperative for all governments. It is also important that the private sector helps in different ways to give our young children, boys and girls, an opportunity to learn and grow.
http://roshan.af/blog/?p=337
Roshan Mobile Company Impacted by Recent Bombing
http://www.indiawest.com/news/india/eig ... 4251d.html
"Tolo News said most victims were civilians, a large number of them reportedly from the Roshan mobile company."
http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/off ... truck-bomb
"The incident took place at 8:22am Kabul time in front of the German Embassy and Roshan telecommunications company in Kabul."
"Major damage has been inflicted to Roshan Telecommunication Company, the German Embassy, Azizi Bank and a media outlet – all located in the diplomatic district of Kabul – between Zanbaq Circle and 15th Street of Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul’s PD10."
http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/80-ki ... fghanistan
"A lot of the casualties appeared to be from the Roshan telecommunications company, she said."
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/4078 ... -civilians
"One of the biggest telecom companies, Roshan, is badly affected."
http://www.indiawest.com/news/india/eig ... 4251d.html
"Tolo News said most victims were civilians, a large number of them reportedly from the Roshan mobile company."
http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/off ... truck-bomb
"The incident took place at 8:22am Kabul time in front of the German Embassy and Roshan telecommunications company in Kabul."
"Major damage has been inflicted to Roshan Telecommunication Company, the German Embassy, Azizi Bank and a media outlet – all located in the diplomatic district of Kabul – between Zanbaq Circle and 15th Street of Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul’s PD10."
http://www.wkbw.com/news/national/80-ki ... fghanistan
"A lot of the casualties appeared to be from the Roshan telecommunications company, she said."
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/4078 ... -civilians
"One of the biggest telecom companies, Roshan, is badly affected."
Roshan HQ collapsed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40132368
The offices of Afghanistan's largest mobile phone company, Roshan, were almost directly opposite the site of the explosion. The three-storey building collapsed.
Now being treated in hospital for wounds to his stomach, Abdul Rashid was one of the luckier employees.
"All the people were trapped under the rubble, everyone was injured - I would say 80 or 90% of my colleagues were hurt."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40132368
The offices of Afghanistan's largest mobile phone company, Roshan, were almost directly opposite the site of the explosion. The three-storey building collapsed.
Now being treated in hospital for wounds to his stomach, Abdul Rashid was one of the luckier employees.
"All the people were trapped under the rubble, everyone was injured - I would say 80 or 90% of my colleagues were hurt."
The Building of Roshan Telecommunications, an Aga Khan community company, was hit by a bomb blast, and more than 50 vehicles were destroyed or damaged, Danish said. Windows of nearby buildings and compounds were shattered and police cordoned off the district. Suicide Truck Bomb in Afghan Capital Leaves at Least 93 Dead, 450 wounded .. https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/arti ... -embassies
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/arti ... -embassies
Suicide Truck Bomb in Afghan Capital Leaves at Least 93 Dead
by Eltaf Najafizada
May 31, 2017, 2:01 AM EDT May 31, 2017, 3:50 PM EDT
A suicide truck bomb in Kabul killed at least 93 people and wounded 450 on Wednesday morning near a diplomatic enclave in one of the worst attacks on the Afghan capital since 2001.
The explosion happened near the German embassy about 8:25 a.m. in the Wazir Akbar Khan area, a busy neighborhood that’s home to the presidential palace and many diplomatic missions, some of which were damaged in the attack. Women and children were among the dead and wounded, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said by phone. The Taliban denied involvement and no other group so far has claimed responsibility.
The vehicle was stopped by Afghan forces from entering the secured Green Zone, home to government buildings and embassies, according to a statement from the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission. A Roshan Telecommunications office was also hit by the blast and more than 50 vehicles were destroyed or damaged, Danish said. Windows of nearby buildings and compounds were shattered and police cordoned off the district.
U.S. President Donald Trump reached out to Afghan leaders to discuss the bombing, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said. In a statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the bombing a “senseless and cowardly act.” He said the U.S. “stands with the government and the people of Afghanistan and will continue to support their efforts to achieve peace, security, and prosperity for their country.”
The death toll from the attack, which took place during the first week of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, may increase as many of the wounded were in a critical condition, said Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawasi, who confirmed the casualty numbers. The casualty count makes it one of the deadliest attacks since 2001.
“We want peace but those who kill us in the holy month of Ramadan don’t,” Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s chief executive who shares power with President Ashraf Ghani, said in posts on Twitter. They must “be destroyed and uprooted.”
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Security has continued to deteriorate in Afghanistan with the resurgent Taliban claiming more territory across the country and Islamic State militants stepping up attacks. A U.S. watchdog said last month that a record number of civilians died last year, 16 years after then-U.S. President George W. Bush first sent special forces to the country after the Sept. 11 attacks to topple the Taliban regime which sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
“Today’s tragedy shows that the conflict in Afghanistan is not winding down but dangerously widening, in a way that should alarm the international community,” Horia Mosadiq, an Afghanistan researcher with Amnesty International, said in a statement. “Afghan civilians continue to pay in a conflict where armed groups deliberately target them and the government fails to protect them.”
Trump is now mulling whether to deploy as many as 5,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in a bid to bolster the 8,400 U.S. service men in the country and Afghan forces, which are stuck in a stalemate with the Taliban and a small but growing presence of Islamic State insurgents.
On May 24, Tillerson told reporters on Air Force One that Trump’s Afghan policy review is still a “work in progress’ and a couple of weeks away from being presented.
“Trump’s generals are clear that the investments made by the U.S. and its allies, the blood and treasure expended, should not go to waste and that this would require some sort of improvement in troop strength, even without an ambitious surge,” said Ashok Malik, who heads the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation’s neighborhood regional studies initiative. “Incidents like this one pretty much strengthens the case made by the NSA and the generals.”
Referring to Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia on May 20, he said: “Of the many things President Trump said in Riyadh, the one thing he clearly did not do was announce a disengagement from Afghanistan.”
The U.S. intelligence community believes “the political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate through 2018 even with a modest increase in military assistance by the United States and its partners,” Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told lawmakers in Washington last week. “Meanwhile, we assess that the Taliban is likely to continue to make gains, especially in rural areas.”
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Suicide Truck Bomb in Afghan Capital Leaves at Least 93 Dead
by Eltaf Najafizada
May 31, 2017, 2:01 AM EDT May 31, 2017, 3:50 PM EDT
A suicide truck bomb in Kabul killed at least 93 people and wounded 450 on Wednesday morning near a diplomatic enclave in one of the worst attacks on the Afghan capital since 2001.
The explosion happened near the German embassy about 8:25 a.m. in the Wazir Akbar Khan area, a busy neighborhood that’s home to the presidential palace and many diplomatic missions, some of which were damaged in the attack. Women and children were among the dead and wounded, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said by phone. The Taliban denied involvement and no other group so far has claimed responsibility.
The vehicle was stopped by Afghan forces from entering the secured Green Zone, home to government buildings and embassies, according to a statement from the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission. A Roshan Telecommunications office was also hit by the blast and more than 50 vehicles were destroyed or damaged, Danish said. Windows of nearby buildings and compounds were shattered and police cordoned off the district.
U.S. President Donald Trump reached out to Afghan leaders to discuss the bombing, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said. In a statement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the bombing a “senseless and cowardly act.” He said the U.S. “stands with the government and the people of Afghanistan and will continue to support their efforts to achieve peace, security, and prosperity for their country.”
The death toll from the attack, which took place during the first week of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, may increase as many of the wounded were in a critical condition, said Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawasi, who confirmed the casualty numbers. The casualty count makes it one of the deadliest attacks since 2001.
“We want peace but those who kill us in the holy month of Ramadan don’t,” Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s chief executive who shares power with President Ashraf Ghani, said in posts on Twitter. They must “be destroyed and uprooted.”
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Security has continued to deteriorate in Afghanistan with the resurgent Taliban claiming more territory across the country and Islamic State militants stepping up attacks. A U.S. watchdog said last month that a record number of civilians died last year, 16 years after then-U.S. President George W. Bush first sent special forces to the country after the Sept. 11 attacks to topple the Taliban regime which sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
“Today’s tragedy shows that the conflict in Afghanistan is not winding down but dangerously widening, in a way that should alarm the international community,” Horia Mosadiq, an Afghanistan researcher with Amnesty International, said in a statement. “Afghan civilians continue to pay in a conflict where armed groups deliberately target them and the government fails to protect them.”
Trump is now mulling whether to deploy as many as 5,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in a bid to bolster the 8,400 U.S. service men in the country and Afghan forces, which are stuck in a stalemate with the Taliban and a small but growing presence of Islamic State insurgents.
On May 24, Tillerson told reporters on Air Force One that Trump’s Afghan policy review is still a “work in progress’ and a couple of weeks away from being presented.
“Trump’s generals are clear that the investments made by the U.S. and its allies, the blood and treasure expended, should not go to waste and that this would require some sort of improvement in troop strength, even without an ambitious surge,” said Ashok Malik, who heads the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation’s neighborhood regional studies initiative. “Incidents like this one pretty much strengthens the case made by the NSA and the generals.”
Referring to Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia on May 20, he said: “Of the many things President Trump said in Riyadh, the one thing he clearly did not do was announce a disengagement from Afghanistan.”
The U.S. intelligence community believes “the political and security situation in Afghanistan will almost certainly deteriorate through 2018 even with a modest increase in military assistance by the United States and its partners,” Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told lawmakers in Washington last week. “Meanwhile, we assess that the Taliban is likely to continue to make gains, especially in rural areas.”
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In case ITP family is not in picture, a suicide attack happened close to Roshan (AKDN telecommunication initiative) and took lives of more than 100 civilians including more than 21 members of the jamat
More than 500 people including members of the jamat is injured and I will expect all of you and your families and jamat to pray for their quick recovery
Hazer imam graciously bestowed his condolence message to the Afghan Jamat and condemned the attack
I am sorry to share this pain in a group that always shares happiness and joy... but I think families are those who share both happiness and tragic moments together! Pray for us- your Afghan brothers and sisters
Thank you family
Forwarding as received - extremely sad news....
In case ITP family is not in picture, a suicide attack happened close to Roshan (AKDN telecommunication initiative) and took lives of more than 100 civilians including more than 21 members of the jamat
More than 500 people including members of the jamat is injured and I will expect all of you and your families and jamat to pray for their quick recovery
Hazer imam graciously bestowed his condolence message to the Afghan Jamat and condemned the attack
I am sorry to share this pain in a group that always shares happiness and joy... but I think families are those who share both happiness and tragic moments together! Pray for us- your Afghan brothers and sisters
Thank you family
Forwarding as received - extremely sad news....
Video: Aga Khan Quote about Roshan
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAXsF6HCbYU
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul, Afghanistan, 4 June 2007.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAXsF6HCbYU
Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Enabling Environment Conference, Kabul, Afghanistan, 4 June 2007.