KABUL -- Iran granted on Saturday a 200 kw transmitter to Afghanistan in a bid to help reconstruct the system of TV of the country which is recovering from a two-decade-old civil war, IRNA said.

Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Rahim Makhdoum thanked Iran for granting key support and assistance to Afghanistan which he said was leaving behind critical circumstances.

He said Iran was a brother country which has spared no efforts to help the Afghan people in tough times.

Iran has already given a 50 kw radio transmitter to the war-devastated country.

Iran has pledged to contribute to reconstruction of the economic, industrial and agricultural infrastructures of Afghanistan. The rural development, repair of telecommunications, radio and TV networks, and improvement of the health and educational standards of the Afghan people are areas where Iran contribute to the reconstruction of the country, shattered by more than two decades of conflict.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is to continue to help rebuild Afghan radio and TV networks and produce programs with regards to the cultural, linguistic and religious commonalities between the Afghan and Iranian people.