Business & Economics

Over $20m gold mine extraction contract signed in Kunduz

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) says a contract worth more than 20 million US dollars has been inked for the extraction of a gold mine in the Qala-i-Zal district of northern Kunduz province.

1,000 acres allocated for special economic zone near Hairatan: Azizi

Gold rates up, sugar down in Kabul

‘Cacao King’ still seen in Kabul markets despite ban

Diesel, petrol prices down in Kabul

Zarghona Salehi

9 Feb 2019 - 18:12

KABUL (Pajhwok): The rates of diesel and petrol have dipped while that of other items . . .

Afghanistan bans chicken, egg imports from Iran

Pajhwok

6 Feb 2019 - 19:42

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Agriculture

Sugar, flour prices dipped in Kabul

Zarghona Salehi

3 Feb 2019 - 15:19

KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of sugar and Kazakhstani flour have dipped while that of Arabian . . .

ADB hands over ‘Afghan GeoPortal’ to Kabul

Parwez Karokhil

2 Feb 2019 - 19:06

KABUL at a ceremony in Kabul on Saturday. The portal, launched in March . . .

Afghan banks in bid to open branches in Chabahar

Pajhwok Monitor

2 Feb 2019 - 09:23

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three Afghan banks plan to set up branches in Iran’s southeastern port . . .

Balkh urea factory stops production after gas supply cut

Pajhwok Report

30 Jan 2019 - 17:16

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Northern Fertilizer and Power Plant in northern Balkh province has stopped production over the past 15 days after

Ghor residents worried about skyrocketing fuel, food prices

Pajhwok Report

30 Jan 2019 - 15:29

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): Prices of fuel and food items have increased with the arrival of winter in western

Khost money exchange dealers close shops in protest

Pajhwok Report

29 Jan 2019 - 20:45

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Money exchange dealers in southeastern Khost province have closed their shops over the past three days to protest the central bank .

Abdulrahimzai gets ICCR Distinguished Alumni award

Parwez Karokhil

28 Jan 2019 - 21:14

KABUL’s deputy commerce and industry minister Ajmal Hameed Abdulrahimzai has become the first Afghan to get the Indian Council for Cultural Relation (ICCR)’s Distinguished Alumni

Free Afghan-Pakistan trade seen as vital to peace

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

28 Jan 2019 - 13:17

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan to boost the economy of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Thousands of Kabul women get driving licences

Pajhwok

28 Jan 2019 - 11:30

KABUL were issued with driving licences every year over the past 16 years, but they . . .

Truck drivers protest in Herat against police extortion

Storai Karimi

27 Jan 2019 - 16:55

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Hundreds of cargo truck drivers on Sunday protested in western Herat province against what they called police extortion on the Herat .

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