Business & Economics

From $2,000 to 200 jobs: Jawzjan woman builds thriving workshop

Wahida Karimi, a woman entrepreneur in northern Jawzjan province, launched a small tailoring workshop with an investment of $2,000 to help ease some of her family’s financial problems. Today, her business has expanded and created job opportunities for more than 200 other women.

13,000 tonnes of dried fruit exported from Ghazni this year

ASQA returns 23 tonnes of substandard construction materials

4,126 carats of Panjshir emeralds fetch over 6.3m afs

In a first, a private abattoir inaugurated in Herat

Binyamin Barez

6 Jun 2024 - 10:42

For the first time, a private slaughterhouse built on modern standards at a cost of $5 million has been inaugurated in western Herat province, an official said on Thursday.

Telecom firms barred from conducting lotteries

Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

5 Jun 2024 - 10:11

The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology has banned lotteries by telecom companies.

Afghanistan’s saffron ranked No.1 for 9th time

Hijratullah Kakar

5 Jun 2024 - 09:58

Afghanistan saffron has been ranked number one in the world for the ninth time by the International Taste and Quality Institute (iTQi) in Brussels.

Female entrepreneurs’ strength reaches above 750 in Herat

Binyamin Barez

4 Jun 2024 - 17:52

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Officials say the number of female entrepreneurs has surged in western Herat province, but these women ask the government to build exclusive

Over 3,215 carats of Panjsher emeralds fetch $176,860

Emal Rahimi

4 Jun 2024 - 16:27

The Department of Mines and Petroleum in central Panjsher province has sold 3,215.4 carats of emerald for $176,860, an official said on Tuesday.

Traders demand cut in customs, export duties

Abdul Sabour Seerat

4 Jun 2024 - 12:10

Following a reduction in rail freight tariffs for Afghanistan by Uzbekistan, a number of Balkh traders have asked the caretaker government to cut customs and transport duties on exports.

DABS sign $2.7m metre deal with Chinese firm

Noorullah Zazai

3 Jun 2024 - 12:37

The power utility has inked an agreement worth $2.7 million with a Chinese firm for advanced metering infrastructure.

Azizi, Rodrigues talk business development

Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

3 Jun 2024 - 11:41

The acting minister of commerce and industry has discussed small and medium businesses, job creation and the growth of industrial parks with a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official.

First Afghan cargo trucks enter Pakistan on TAD

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

3 Jun 2024 - 08:30

In a first, Afghan cargo trucks have entered Pakistan on the basis of the Temporary Admission Document (TAD).

Kam Air starts flights to Dubai from Khost City

Mohammad Yousuf Mangal

2 Jun 2024 - 23:39

After Aryana Afghan Airlines (AAA), Kam Air, a private air carrier, has also started direct Khost City-Dubai flights.

Sharafat attends UIC annual meeting in Jordan

Afsana Haidari

2 Jun 2024 - 18:38

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Railways deputy director Bakhtul Rahman Sharafat has attended the annual meeting of the International Union of Railways (UIC) in Jordan. In a

105 new factories established in Helmand in 3 years

Rizwanullah Bilal

2 Jun 2024 - 17:56

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): More than 100 new industrial factories have been established during the past three years in southern Helmand province, directly providing jobs to nearly

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