Afghan postal service booms – ministry

Since 1928, when postal services were first introduced to the country, Afghanistan has developed its postal system, with more than 460 nationwide post offices, 10,000 post boxes and seven privately owned postal companies.
On Thursday, the world celebrated International Post Office Day, whcih served as a reminder of how far the country’s postal system had come since 2001.
Afghanistan’s postal service was destroyed during the Soviet Invasion and the following years of civil war.
But,in the past six years, the postal service has been revived, a spokesman for the Communication Ministry, Abdulhadi Hadi, said.
Hadi said the government had made about Afg52 million (USD 1.097) from its postal service in the first six months of the year, a figure up 30 pct on the same time last year.
The ministry hopes to double this figure by the end of the year.

Since 1928, when postal services were first introduced to the country, Afghanistan has developed its postal system, with more than 460 nationwide post offices, 10,000 post boxes and seven privately owned postal companies.
On Thursday, the world celebrated International Post Office Day, whcih served as a reminder of how far the country’s postal system had come since 2001.
Afghanistan’s postal service was destroyed during the Soviet Invasion and the following years of civil war.
But,in the past six years, the postal service has been revived, a spokesman for the Communication Ministry, Abdulhadi Hadi, said.
Hadi said the government had made about Afg52 million (USD 1.097) from its postal service in the first six months of the year, a figure up 30 pct on the same time last year.
The ministry hopes to double this figure by the end of the year.