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Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) Chairman Sayed Karim Hashimi has attended the 31st International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan” (OGT 2026) in Ashgabat.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The first direct freight train from Linyi city in China’s Shandong Province to Hairatan port in northern Afghanistan has departed carrying commercial goods worth about 8 million yuan, according to reports. Chinese media outlet Xinhua reported that the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Completion of the Kerki-Kabul power transmission project will enable the supply of up to 800 megawatts of electricity to Afghanistan, a Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy official says. The Dasht Alwan-Arghandi section of the project is scheduled to become…
The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) says 600 tonnes of cotton have been exported to Türkiye via the Khaf-Herat railway and Iran’s rail network.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Finance has held its first meeting on establishing a capital market in Afghanistan, saying the initiative would channel idle funds into productive, industrial, commercial and infrastructure projects, boost economic growth and create jobs. The meeting…
Exports from western Herat province through the Islam Qala port increased by 72 per cent in the first six months of the current year compared with the same period last year, reaching $124.29 million, officials said.
Iran Air will resume its flights to Kabul on Friday, 23 October, the airline’s chief executive, Taher Abdolhay, has said.
Masouma Mohseni, a young woman in western Herat province who started her business with a small investment four years ago after receiving mushroom cultivation training in neighbouring Iran, has now seen her business grow.
Afghanistan and Indonesia have discussed expanding trade and investment ties, including establishing a joint working committee between their chambers of commerce.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Petrol prices declined, while the price of gold and cooking oil rose in Kabul during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday. Fuel prices Hikmatullah Muhammadi, an employee at a fuel station in Kabul’s Wazirabad area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Sweden has contributed $1.2 million to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. In a post on X, OCHA said the contribution amounted to 10 million Swedish kronor. The…
A 50-member delegation of Afghan traders has travelled to Indonesia to participate in an international trade fair, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) said on Thursday.
The Minister of Economy has called on Qatar to help meet the immediate and long-term needs of Afghan migrants returning from Iran and Pakistan.
Officials from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to remove obstacles and accelerate the remaining work on the 500-kilovolt Surkhan–Pul-i-Khumri power transmission project, stressing the need for a concrete work plan to make up for delays.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to Afghanistan has invited Syed Karim Hashemi, head of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI), to visit Bishkek at the head of a trade delegation. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s Minister of Water and Energy, Mullah Mohammad Yunus Akhundzada, has visited an international energy exhibition in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, the ministry said. In a statement posted on X, the Ministry of Water and Energy…
Trade and investment agreements worth nearly $400 million have been signed between the private sectors of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and India, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) said on Sunday.
Diesel and petrol prices declined, while the price of Russian gold rose in Kabul during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday.
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): The pine nut harvest has increased in the southeastern provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika this year, but restrictions on exports to international markets and a lack of processing and packaging facilities have caused difficulties and losses.…
HERAT CITY(Pajhwok): The governors of western Herat, Farah, and Nimroz provinces have met with an Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Mohsen Zanganeh, a member of Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly, to discuss strengthening economic ties, boosting bilateral trade and facilitating cross-border…
Despite family opposition, economic hardships and some traditional beliefs, a number of women in Herat are working as vendors and producers in the market. They say their presence in the market provides them with an opportunity to earn an income, interact directly with customers and continue their economic activities.
