Business & Economics

Afghanistan, China connected via Wakhan road: Mansour

Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Mullah Abdul Latif Mansour says basic construction work on the Wakhan road has been completed, linking Afghanistan to China via the corridor.

Construction of $2m rice processing factory begins in Baghlan

Tourmaline mine extraction begins in Panjsher

Turkey issues 20,000 work visas for Afghans in livestock sector

$348m ADB grant signed to expand Kandahar’s Dahla Dam

nasir Ahamad sidiqi

25 Sep 2019 - 19:16

KABUL and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday signed a $348.78 million grant . . .

Major copper mine contract goes to private firm

Storai Karimi

24 Sep 2019 - 19:40

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): In western Herat province, the country’s biggest copper mine’s extraction contract was awarded to a private company with a . . .

Gold, flour prices up in Kabul

Zarghona Salehai

21 Sep 2019 - 19:24

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of gold and flour have edged up while other items’ rates . . .

Nangarhar sweet factories replace Pakistani products

Yousuf Zarifi

21 Sep 2019 - 18:18

ALALABAD (Pajhwok): Sweet making factories have recently increased in eastern Nangarhar province, employing a large number of people and replacing Pakistani products in several .

24/7 opening of Torkham crossing inaugurated

S. Mudassir Ali Shah

18 Sep 2019 - 15:58

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formally inaugurated round-the-clock opening of . . .

Herat revenue dips after Customs Dept relocation

Khwaja Basir Fitri

18 Sep 2019 - 15:30

KABUL (Pajhwok): The revenue of the Herat Customs Department has declined by 50 percent due . . .

Trade goods snuggled to Pakistan daily via Dorbaba

Yousaf zarifi

17 Sep 2019 - 17:59

JALALALBAD (Pajhwok): Commercial goods are being smuggled to Pakistan from Dorbaba district of eastern Nangarhar province . . .

Major medicine factory being set up in Kandahar

Bashir Ahmad Nadam

17 Sep 2019 - 17:13

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A medicine producing factory, the largest on national level, is being set up in southern Kandahar province at a cost of .

All-women business facility opens in Kandahar

Bashir Ahmad Naadim

16 Sep 2019 - 23:14

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A business centre exclusively for women has been put into service after its . . .

Torkham terminal upgrades boost Af-Pak trade

S. Mudassir Ali Shah

16 Sep 2019 - 13:18

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Arrangements have been put in place for round-the-clock trade with Afghanistan through . . .

Chromate extraction: $20m contracts signed

Naheed Bashardost

14 Sep 2019 - 19:55

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Saturday signed five contracts for . . .

Senior officials attend Nuristan conference on pine nuts

Javed Hamim Kakar

9 Sep 2019 - 11:50

KABUL (Pajhwok): A large number of government officials attended a day-long conference regarding cultivation . . .

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