KABUL, June 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The US army would build facilities and barracks to house newly trained Afghan soldiers in the post-war nation, US military spokesman said Monday.

    "The Afghanistan Engineer District (AED) of the US Army Corps of Engineers has built or is currently building facilities at 11 installations to house 35,000 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in different provinces," James Yonts told journalists.

    These facilities would be constructed in Kabul, Kandahar, Khost,Gerdez, Mazar-e-Sharif and Qalat, he added.

    The projects costing over 814 million US dollars, according to the spokesman, would cover constructing 421 barracks, 73 administrative buildings, 12 dining facilities and 225 support facilities, which include morale, welfare and recreation such as gyms and community centers.

    "The AED is installing independent power plants and waste water treatment stations at each installation to ensure there will be power and running water," the Army Colonel added.

    Under the historic Bonn agreement signed in late 2001 in Germany, the post-Taliban Afghanistan would have a 70,000-strong new brand army, and the US, serving as a lead nation in forming Afghan armed forces, has helped to train 28,000 Afghan troops so far. Enditem