Business & Economics

Ghazni sees industrial growth as 60 factory licenses issues last year

The Department of Commerce and Industry in southern Ghazni says investor interest in the province has increased significantly, with 60 new licenses issued for factory construction over the past year, while dozens more applications have been submitted.

Investment committee approves 48 projects worth 35b afs

Technical assessment of nephrite mines conducted in Kunar

Kazakhstan’s grain exports to Afghanistan surge over fourfold

Azizi proposes Afghan-Russian chamber of commerce

Pajhwok

21 Aug 2022 - 11:11

KABUL (Pajhwok): The minister of industry and commerce has urged Russian entrepreneurs to invest in Afghanistan. Nooruddin Azizi, currently on a visit to Moscow, met

Fuel down, rice & gas up in Kabul

Vida Qalandari

21 Aug 2022 - 10:20

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of fuel, sugar, cooking oil and gold decreased but the rates of liquefied gas, rice and gold rose this week in

Chicken imports from Pakistan: Half of Nangarhar farms closed

Yousuf Zarifi

20 Aug 2022 - 19:12

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Owners of poultry farms in eastern Nangarhar province say the increase in chicken feed price and the import of chicken and its meat

Customs duty on unprocessed talc increased to 25pc

Suhrab Sarwari

20 Aug 2022 - 15:58

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Finance Ministry has approved the Tariff Committee’s decision to increase customs duty for one ton of unprocessed talc from five to .

Kabul offers to trade minerals for Russian fuel

Pajhwok Monitor

20 Aug 2022 - 08:21

KABUL (Pajhwok): The minister of industry and commerce has proposed trading Afghanistan’s minerals and raisins for Russian fuel products.

MoF: No company can import goods in another company’s name

Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

18 Aug 2022 - 15:44

KABUL (Pajhwok): No business company has the right to import goods using the name of another company, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) says. The MoF

Needy families resort to selling household stuff in Herat

Benyamin Bariz

17 Aug 2022 - 17:02

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Poverty and economic hardships have forced many families in western Herat province to sell their household items to survive. Nadira, 42, a

Onions price up by 30pc in Balkh

Pajhwok Report ‎

17 Aug 2022 - 16:55

Onions price in northern Balkh province has surged by 30 percent since its export had increased, an official said on Wednesday.

37,500 Karakul sheep exist in Sar-i-Pul, finds survey

Ghulam Sakhi Frotan

17 Aug 2022 - 13:23

SAR-I-PUL CITY (Pajhwok): A private company called Positive Change has conducted a survey on the number of Karakul sheep in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Funded by

DAB to auction $12 million on Wednesday

Hasrat

16 Aug 2022 - 15:28

KABUL (Pajhwok): Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) says it will auction $12 million tomorrow (Wednesday), according to a statement on Tuesday. The central bank asked commercial

Businesswomen’s strength doubles after political change: Hafizi

Afsana Haidari

16 Aug 2022 - 08:26

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Roya Hafizi says after the political change in the country, most of the women became

Wearing rubber shoes becomes Daikundi culture

Ehsan Mehdavi

15 Aug 2022 - 10:22

NEILI (Pajhwok): Ibrahim, a resident of central Daikundi province, has been running a rubber shoes business for 22 years despite the presence of modern varieties

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