Business & Economics

ASQA, Indian firm ink $46m laboratory expansion contract

The Afghanistan Standards and Quality Authority (ASQA) has signed a contract worth more than $46 million with an Indian company for the expansion and equipping of quality assurance laboratories.

Ariana Airlines cuts Kabul-Delhi cargo rates to boost exports

Afghan, Uzbek private sectors ink $112m cooperation agreements

Over $20m gold mine extraction contract signed in Kunduz

Goodbye: Pakistan’s biggest lender exits Afghanistan

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

29 Mar 2019 - 09:55

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Habib Bank Limited (HBL) is winding down its operations in Afghanistan in line . . .

Shun politics to boost trade, Kabul, Islamabad urged

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

29 Mar 2019 - 09:45

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan have been urged to allow economics to function freely and shun obstructing the . . .

Nangarhar mulling plan to produce 400MW solar energy

Yousaf zarifi

28 Mar 2019 - 19:31

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials on Thursday said they were working on a plan to produce 400 megawatts of solar electricity in eastern Nangarhar province .

Kandahar exports pomegranates worth $8.8m this season

Bashir Ahmad Naadem

27 Mar 2019 - 16:58

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Above 40,000 tonnes of pomegranates worth $8.8 million have been exported from southern Kandahar province to

IMF staff completes 5th ECF review mission for Afghanistan

Abdul Qadir Munsef

26 Mar 2019 - 19:02

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Minister of Finance Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi and IMF technical team led by . . .

Taliban collect power bills from 40,000 Faryab families

Qutbuddin Kohi

26 Mar 2019 - 18:50

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Local officials in northern Faryab province claim Taliban militants not only collect electricity bills . . .

Funds for 2,700 new school buildings arranged: President

Naheed Bashardost

26 Mar 2019 - 10:22

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said 1,200 school buildings were being constructed . . .

Despite domestic needs, medicinal plants are exported

Naheed Bashardost

25 Mar 2019 - 14:27

KABUL (Pajhwok): Owners of pharmaceutical companies are concerned at the government’s inattention to the . . .

3-day women trade fair concludes in Balkh: USAID

Nizamuddin Hameedi

24 Mar 2019 - 16:22

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A three-day trade fair, showcasing products and services of Afghan women

Paktia begins planting 2.2m pine nuts, walnuts trees

Shakor Kamran

24 Mar 2019 - 15:48

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The plantation of 2.2 million pine nuts and walnuts saplings kicked off in southeastern Paktia province on Sunday, a process that . .

Angry protestors raze toll plaza on Pak-Afghan highway

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

24 Mar 2019 - 09:31

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Enraged transporters have dismantled a National Highway Authority (NHA) toll plaza on the Pak-Afghan Highway in Khyber Agency. The . . .

Essential items’ rates remain steady in Kabul

Zarghona Salehi

23 Mar 2019 - 18:55

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of essential items remain unchanged during the outgoing week in the . . .

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