Around 200 flour factories are currently operating in Afghanistan, producing approximately 60 percent of the country’s domestic flour requirements, according to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.
Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have signed agreements worth $243 million for four electricity projects. Once completed, these schemes will enable Afghanistan to receive between 800 and 1,000 megawatts of power from Uzbekistan.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that 29 large-scale and 175 small-scale mines are being explored and extracted across the country, providing job opportunities for around 170,000 people.
The price of gold and liquefied gas declined while that of petrol and diesel increased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.
The Department of Mines and Petroleum in central Panjsher province has sold 2,539 carats of emeralds for 347,850 US dollars at the ninth auction, an official said on Tuesday.
Steel smelter owners in western Herat province say they have launched programmes aimed at preventing young people from migrating again and providing employment for recently returned migrants.
KABUL (Pajhwok): About 103,263 metric tonnes of goods were transported through railways from four Afghan ports last week, the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) said on Monday.
PARAKH (Pajhwok): A group of religious scholars and investors from 10 Islamic countries stressed attracting investment and developing a plan under which 250 companies from Islamic countries would invest 900,000 US dollars each in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has sealed a factory in Kabul that repackaged counterfeit food and non-food dyes imported from Pakistan and sold them under false Chinese labels.
About 15 tonnes of unusable lemons imported from Pakistan were denied entry at Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, a press statement said on Sunday.
