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If you have not registered for the 1st National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA), 19-21 February, 2013, Jalalabad, you should now through our website http://www.opensource.af/. Our hands-on in-depth lab trainings start on the 19th Feb will continue until the end of the 20th. The NOSCA 2013 plenary begins on the 21st and followed by thematic breakout sessions. Trainings and sessions are led by some of the best minds in FOSS-- don't miss the opportunity. Jalalabad is warm and pleasant, you should not miss enjoying some chapli-kabab and fish too at the riverside in Darunta or Pol-e Behsood.

NOSCA - Open Source! National Open Source Conference of Afghanistan (NOSCA) 2013 is the first national consultation of the Free/ Open Source Software (FOSS) users, developers and advocates in Afghanistan covering the most pressing issues around open source technologies.

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Regional Open Source Conference of Central Asia (ROSCCA) ROSCCA is a flagship event of Open Source Alliance of Central Asia (OSACA). It is an annual meeting of the Central/ South Asian OpenSource Community held in a different Central Asian city each year.

An excellent paper on the ICT Sector Performance in Afghanistan. Highly recommended read.

ICT Sector Performance Review for Afghanistan – NICTAA Sriganesh Lokanathan LIRNEasia 2012 Abstract: The pro-market telecommunication policies of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have enabled phenomenal growth in ICT access since the end of the war in 2002. Despite being a transitioning economy, mobile SIMs per 100 has gone from a mere 0.18 (50,000 a...