Business & Economics

The prices of sugar, cooking oil and gold declined, while Pakistani rice increased in the outgoing week in Kabul, market sources said on Sunday.

Ariana Airlines has increased the number of cargo and passenger flights between Kabul and New Delhi to strengthen trade ties and expand transport capacity.

Afghanistan’s Standards and Quality Authority has announced that a 25-tonne shipment of substandard batteries was returned to Iran from the western province of Farah following inspection and quality control.

After a sharp upward trend, the price of gold in global markets has entered a downward trajectory, falling from 4,982 US dollars per ounce to $4,545. Experts link the fluctuation to global political developments and profit-taking by investors.

Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov has arrived in western Herat province leading a high-level delegation to review progress on the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project and to enhance economic and transit cooperation.

About two million chicks are being produced every month in several poultry farms in southern Kandahar, meeting 70 percent of the province’s chicken meat demand and supplying neighbouring provinces.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs that preparations are underway to extend the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan and to revive the Pakistan–China–Afghanistan trilateral framework.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has urged the relevant authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan to allow a one-time clearance of

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistani media report that since October, the closure of trade routes between Pakistan and Afghanistan has caused a 53.02 percent decline in revenue

KABUL (Pajhwok): Local officials in southern Kandahar province say that nearly 23,000 tons of pomegranates have been exported from the province to international markets during

The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) has warned that any tourism company found misusing its licence to engage in human trafficking will have its licence revoked and will be referred to judicial and legal authorities.

A Turkish firm has evinced keen interest in investing in electricity generation from water resources, turbine maintenance and repair, installation of modern high-capacity turbines and capacity building of technical staff in Afghanistan.