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    Afghan businesswomen get new centre to build networks

    KABUL (PAN): An international centre for Afghan women's economic development (ICAWED) was inaugurated on the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) campus in Kabul on Saturday.



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    Gold, gas prices down in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): The prices of gold and gas decreased and that of other daily-use items stayed unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.



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    'Afghan women increasingly adopting cell phones'

    KABUL (PAN): A late 2012 survey shows some 80 percent of Afghan women have regular or occasional access to mobile phones, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Wednesday.



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    Zakhilwal to talk key projects with Tajik leaders

    KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Monday said he would discuss with Tajikistan leaders a railroad project and power transmission lines bringing electricity from the central Asian country to Afghanistan and Pakistan.



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    Afghan traders seek alternative transit routes

    HERAT CITY (PAN): Afghan traders, concerned at their problems in Pakistan and Iran, on Monday asked the government to find alternative transit routes for their import and export businesses.



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    Dilawari ties afghani’s fall to illicit cash transfers

    KABUL (PAN): Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Governor Noorullah Dilawari on Saturday linked the afghani’s decline to unlawful cash transfers from the country and a global economic slowdown.



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    Shahrani hints at major mining deals

    KABUL (PAN): Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani has said negotiations with Australia were underway on the next phase of helping Afghanistan develop its mining industry and tap into mineral and energy reserves.



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    New electricity transformers installed

    HERAT CITY (PAN): The power utility on Thursday said it had installed two new electricity transformers that could provide 50 megawatts of electricity each to residents of western Herat province.



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    Daily-use item rates stay stable in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): The rates of daily-use commodities remained unchanged during the outgoing week in central capital Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.



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    $1.8b invested in telecom sector in 12 years

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology on Wednesday announced more than id=mce_marker.8 billion had been invested in the telecommunication sector over the past 12 years.