KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Despite persistent electricity issues, the number of cotton-processing factories and the production of pure cotton oil have increased in southern Kandahar province.
The cotton-processing level in Kandahar rose to 300,000 tonnes this solar year, showing a 40 percent increase over the previous year.
Sayed Sarwar Amani, director of the chamber of commerce and mines, told Pajhwok Afghan News that there were 25 cotton-processing factories in the Kandahar Industrial Park.
At least 20 of the factories are operational while the rest are closed, according to Amani, who said some of the plants functioned round . . .
