MEHTARLAM: Digital telephone facilities have been extended to three districts of the eastern Laghman province, linking it with the rest of Afghanistan.
Laghman communication chief Syed Abdul Jawed Qayyumi, said Thursday that the districts of Alishang, Alingar and Daulat Shah districts had been connected.
Each of the districts has been given six digital telephone sets - three for public call offices and three for government officials including the administrative chief, police head and local court staffers.
Qayyumi said a domestic call to a digital phone number would cost one Afghani per minute while calls to mobile numbers would cost five Afghanis per minute.
Qayyumi said Indian engineers would soon provide an internet service to the province to provide greater access to information on a wide range of subjects.
"We have informed the central government that boosters installed by Roshan and Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) in Lataband and Daronta are much higher and thus affect the lower frequency level of those in Laghman. The problem will be sorted out soon," he assured.
Alingar district chief Haji Alef Shah hailed the digital telephone service as a significant stride step.
Laghman province governor Shah Mehmood Sapi said he had held talks with cell-phone service providers Roshan and Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) about the installation of additional boosters in the districts. | 
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