Business & Economics

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed and highlighted the TAPI gas pipeline’s strategic role in boosting regional connectivity and economic cooperation.

Iran’s imports from Afghanistan during the first six months of this year exceeded $26 million, an Iranian official in Kabul said on Wednesday.

A number of traders and drivers say the Ghulam Khan crossing in southeastern Khost province has been closed by Pakistan against trade activities over the past ten days, with loaded trucks denied passage.

The second phase of the Kabul Steel Melting Factory, established with a $22 million investment, has officially begun operations in the industrial park of western Herat province.

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Maulvi Abdul Ghani Baradar, together with Turkmenistan’s national leader, has inspected the TAPI gas pipeline project in Afghanistan.

Gold, diesel and liquefied gas prices surged, while petrol rates slightly declined. Prices of other food items remained stable during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Some women engaged in making handicrafts in northwestern Nimroz complain about low income despite their hard work and the lack of direct access to markets. They urge the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to establish a special marketplace for selling their handmade products.

Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi has invited Chinese companies to invest in Afghanistan and bring advanced technologies to the country.

Officials from several Russian firms have expressed their readiness to invest in Afghanistan in the sectors of oil, zinc, copper and chromite exploration and extraction, water management, electricity generation and the production of technical machinery.

A shampoo manufacturing factory has been closed for making counterfeit and substandard products and two individuals have been arrested in connection with the case.

Direct flights between Amritsar, a city in northwestern India and Afghanistan would resume, announced Afghan Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Senior officials from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have inspected the progress of work on the TAPI gas pipeline project and its related routes inside Afghanistan.