Business & Economics

The price of Kazakh flour declined while that of gold increased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

Afghanistan and Tatarstan signed trade agreements worth 183 million US dollars concerning oil and construction sectors, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said on Thursday.

The Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, and Indonesia’s Chargé d'Affaires, Dr Nanda Evalist, have discussed the establishment, development and strengthening of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

Residents of Kabul are complaining about increased chicken meat price compared to last month and are asking the government to control it, while officials say 80 percent of poultry farms in the country currently do not have chickens.

Farzana Murad, a 23-year-old woman from Aibak, the capital of northern Samangan province, has established a tailoring and handcrafts workshop that has not only made her financially self-reliant, but also enabled her to provide learning and employment opportunities for a number of other girls and women.

The process of refunding excess fees to pilgrims who performed this year’s hajj pilgrimage will begin tomorrow (Wednesday), an official said on Tuesday.

Findings of Food and Drug Authority (FDA) indicate that many celebration cakes in the country are decorated with metallic paints and their excessive consumption can lead to allergies, chronic diseases and even cancer.

Vocational training has been provided to nearly 80 individuals in northern Samangan province, an official announced on Saturday.

The first ever pressure cooker manufacturing factory, with a $500,000 investment, has started operating in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province.

Sugar and black tea prices declined while that of cooking oil, petrol and liquid gas increased during the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) and Azizi Group Energy Investment Company have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the production, transmission and distribution of 10,000 megawatts of electricity in Afghanistan, backed by a $10 billion investment.

Amid a sharp rise in deportation of Afghan migrants from neighbouring Iran, many women have come back empty-handed with painful memories and they are now facing uncertainty about their future.