KABUL (PAN): The World Bank Group (WBG) chief, Jim Yong Kim, who met with President Hamid Karzai and other senior officials, on Thursday said the group was committed to helping the Afghans to promote growth and reduce poverty during and after the withdrawal of western security forces in 2014.
KABUL (PAN): The prices of gold fell and that of diesel jumped in Kabul markets during the outgoing week, when rates of other daily-use commodities stayed stable, retailers sad on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan could become member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the end of 2014, a senior official said on Wednesday, insisting the possible integration with the global economy would help encourage foreign investment in the war-devastated country.
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 320 jobless youth and people with low income would be imparted vocational training in different skills in northern Takhar province, officials said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The economy of Afghanistan is likely to slow down after 2014, when most of foreign combat troops are scheduled to withdraw from the country, a senior US intelligence official said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) chief on Sunday warned the trader body would resort to countrywide protests until a municipal tax charged at the entry points to cities, including Kabul, is abolished.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Construction of a new water supply system has begun in the ancient Balkh City, a large urban site west of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday agreed to give the Afghan government a $200 million grant to finance power transmission and distribution grid development projects.
