JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A rice-processing factory, the first of its kind, has been inaugurated in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday.
The mill’s establishment cost $1.5 million, with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) bearing 15 percent of the cost and the rest invested by Sami Ibrahim Construction Company.
The factory would help provide jobs to nearly 4,000 farmers and workers, said the newly-launched factory’s head, Ghulam Nabi.
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