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China ‘trying hard’ to gain foothold in Afghanistan’s lucrative mining sector: Analysts

Chinese officials and representatives of private companies flock to Kabul for meetings as they try to secure major mining contracts

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Afghanistan: Eid shopping slow in Bamiyan province

Shopkeepers says Bamiyan residents don’t have money and that tourists are not flocking to the province as they did in.

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Afghanistan: Dozens of women entrepreneurs attend exhibition in Herat

It was the 16th women's handicrafts exhibition in Herat in the past two years.

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Bamiyan hosts women’s handicrafts, local products exhibition

Women artists and crafters say they hope sales will improve over the summer, especially as Bamiyan attracts a large number.

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Digital payment system void causing major obstacles in Afghanistan: UN

Making emergency funding payments ‘at a touch of a button’ can be better tracked and monitored through a digital payment.

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Kunar onion farmers report good harvest but weak market

About 700 acres of land was dedicated to onion cultivation this year in Kunar province, resulting in a harvest of.

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Women entrepreneurs attend exhibition in Kabul

The women said they want restrictions on them to be removed and facilities for their businesses.

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Afghanistan: Female restaurateur expands business despite challenges

Bakhtawar Mahdaw has opened a second restaurant, managing both remotely, amid Tlaiban’s ongoing restrictions against women

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Handicrafts and book exhibition opens in Kabul

Women who took part welcomed the event and said it gave them the opportunity to exhibit and market their products

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Import of Eid al-Adha animals from Afghanistan ‘unlikely’: Pakistan

An official told local media that the Taliban’s supreme leader had issued an order to suspend sheep being exported to.

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