Companies pledge $5b investment in Afghanistan

KABUL (Pajhwok): During the past one year, various domestic and international companies have evinced keen interest to invest above $5BN in different sectors in Afghanistan.

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said a press statement that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan supports both domestic and foreign investment within the country.

During 2024, various domestic and international companies showed their keen interest to invest over $5.3 billion in different sectors of the country, the statement said.

It named sectors like infrastructure, electricity, telecommunication, transport, industry, mines, health, micro and middle enterprises, urban development and electronic governance that the companies were interested to invest.

All interested companies have the experience of investing on both regional and international levels.

In near future, a number of contracts will be inked on investing in fields such as infrastructure, power generation, business centres, transport, electronic governance … with domestic and international companies.

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