Third Afghanistan construction industry exhibition opens in Kabul
The exhibition aimed to showcase modern construction technologies, strengthen market competition, and expand business links.
Economy
Economy
Taliban launch construction of Kabul–Bagram road
Taliban described the road as an important route connecting Kabul to Parwan province and other northern provinces.
Economy
DABS, Azizi Group sign deals for 845 MW solar and coal projects
The agreements cover 330 megawatts of solar power and 515 megawatts of coal-fired thermal power.
Economy
Taliban approve agriculture, livestock and fisheries development plans
Improving public access to high-quality agricultural and animal products was also cited as one of the policy’s main objectives.
Economy
Early warning report flags emergency hunger risk in parts of Afghanistan
Poor households in these provinces have exhausted food stocks from their own production and are expected to rely almost entirely on markets.
Economy
Herat livestock herders say climate change, aid cuts push livelihoods to brink
Some herders from neighboring Badghis province said they had moved their animals to Herat’s in search of grazing land, but conditions there had.
Economy
Rising fuel prices add to winter hardship in southern Afghanistan
Others said low-income households were struggling to afford basic heating supplies as temperatures fall.
Economy
New semi-precious stone deposit found in Panjshir
The statement said a licence to extract the green garnet had been granted to an individual identified as Sayed Rahim.
Economy
Power restored in Kabul, other provinces after transmission fault
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said the problem affected a 220-kilovolt transmission line linking Naibabad to Pul-e-Khumri.
Economy, South Asia
Pakistan, Kazakhstan agree on trade corridor via Afghanistan
The agreement was signed during talks between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.