KABUL (PAN): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday announced it would spend $300 million on the development of Afghanistan's energy and transport sectors this year as part of the international community's aid pledges at Tokyo conference last year.
KABUL (PAN): Prices of flour, ghee and liquefied gas went down during the outgoing week in Kabul, where rates of other essential daily-use commodities stayed stable, retailers said on Thursday.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): A senior customs official in southern Kandahar province on Monday said his department had recorded the lowest revenue collection this year, as traders were increasingly boycotting Pakistan’s Karachi seaport.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan and Iran on Monday signed an agreement on increased power supply to two western provinces from the neighbouring country. Iran exports 90 megawatts of electricity to Herat per hour and 10 megawatts to Nimroz.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Commerce and Industries on Monday fixed the rate of liquefied gas at 50 afghanis per kilogram in capital Kabul, where the current price ranges between 55 and 70 afs.
KABUL (PAN): Japan agreed on Sunday to grant the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) $20 million (more than 1 billion afghanis) for development projects in Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): Water and Energy Minister Ismail Khan and his visiting Iranian counterpart Majid Namjoo on Sunday inaugurated in Kabul the installation of two power generators, each consuming 18,000 litres of fuel per hour.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Residents on Saturday complained of unscheduled power loadshedding in southern Kandahar province, with officials claiming a revenue increase.
KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Residents on Saturday complained of unscheduled power loadshedding in southern Kandahar province, with officials claiming a revenue increase.
KABUL (PAN): Aviation officials and Kam Air representatives on Saturday angrily rejected as baseless a media report that the airline smuggled big quantities of opium to Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on passenger flights.
