The Afghanistan Embassy

Jostedalsbreen glacier.
Photo: Anders Gjengedal/Innovation Norway

Norway

Official name of country: Kingdom of Norway
Capital: Oslo
Official languages: Norwegian (bokmål and nynorsk) and Sami
Population: 4 812 000 (per 2009)
Size: 385 252 square kilometers
Currency: NOK (Norwegian kroner)
Form of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of government: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Head of state: His Majesty King Harald V

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NEWS

Afghan team plays Norway Cup
Faryab United football team for the second year in row participated in World's largest youth football tournament Norway Cup 2010 and seizes victories in many games.
Read more (8.12.2010)

Norwegian Foreign Minister visits Afghanistan

The Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is visiting the Norwegian troops in Afghanistan. He will also be attending the Kabul Conference on July 20th 2010. The Minister stresses the importance of the Kabul Conference and states that it is important because it will be yet another step towards the Afghans fully gaining ownership and taking charge of their own security and development.

Finland increases its support to Afghanistan
Finland is increasing its support to the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan.
Read more (1.23.2010)

New U.S. Strategy for Afghanistan
Afghanistan Welcomes the New U.S. Strategy
Barack Obama President of the United States of America announced on Tuesday evening in his speech to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., that United States of America will send a further 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, in addition to significantly increasing its civilian efforts. This announcement by President Obama was widely welcomed inside and outside the Afghanistan.
Read more (12.03.2009)

Raise money for Afghan skate school
Since its founding in 2007, Afghanistan’s first skateboarding school, Skateistan, has played an important role in giving underprivileged kids in Kabul a place to play and get an education. Now Nordic skateboarders and other volunteers raise money to build a skate park in Kabul.

Read more (8.18.2009)