TIRINKOT (PAN): Nearly 500 tribal elders and residents on Saturday made a courtesy call on Governor Amir Mohammad Akhunzada in central Uruzgan province, to declare their support for the government against insurgents in their areas.
KABUL (PAN): A bidding process for oil and gas extraction in the 31000 square kilometres Afghan-Tajik basin in the northeast would start on March 7, an official said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The commerce and industries minister on Thursday said wrong competitions among Afghan traders in bidding for fuel imports from Turkmenistan have sent prices soaring in Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Commerce and Industries had issued fuel import licences to some private firms to meet public demand and stem the influx of substandard supplies to the market, a Cabinet minister said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): Of the total 5,000 tonnes of diesel purchased from Russia, 1,000 tonnes have reached Kabul, an official said Monday. The rate of one litre of diesel has been fixed at 60 afghanis at government-run filling stations.
KABUL (PAN): Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani on Sunday said Afghanistan would not only become self-sufficient in fuel production, but would also export it to other countries by 2015.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan would import 50,000 tonnes of fuel from neighbouring Turkmenistan in the near future, the minister of commerce and industries said on Tuesday.
GARDEZ (PAN): The price of firewood had registered a three-fold increase, compared to last year, in the southeastern province of Paktia, resident complained on Monday.
