About 4.1 million metric tonnes of commercial goods were transferred via the country’s four railroads during the past one year, an official announced on Monday.
Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and non-food items that belonged to Afghan businessmen have been stranded on both sides of the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangahar province due to travel document issues.
Canada has announced donating CAD 3 million ($2.2 million) to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday.
The Pakistan-Afghanistan trade has slowed down since the implementation of the Temporary Admission Document (TAD) for truckers, complains a business leader.
Based on an order from the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), a discount has been announced in fixed and income taxes for hotels and fueling stations.
A Chinese company has shown its interest in investing $20 million in importing construction machinery into Afghanistan, an official statement said on Tuesday.
A Russian technical delegation has visited the Bershana Kot factory in northern Balkh province and pledged cooperation in the plant’s reconstruction and increasing its production capacity, an official said on Saturday.
Women entrepreneurs in western Ghor province are concerned about their stagnated businesses and are calling for increased government and donor support.
The prices of Indian sugar and Pakistani rice decreased, but the rates of liquefied gas and gold surged during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said Saturday.
A two-day exhibition of agricultural products, livestock and women's handicrafts has been launched in northern Kunduz provinces to support farmers, and women industrialists in this province, an official said on Wednesday.
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