Taliban Approves Nearly AFN 5 Billion for 17 Infrastructure Projects

DID Press: Taliban’s procurement commission, chaired by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, has approved 17 projects worth approximately 5 billion Afghanis and revised five other projects, according to media outlets close to the group.

According to a statement from the Taliban administration’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Office for Economic Affairs, the approved projects cover customs infrastructure, road construction and the country’s electricity network.

The projects include construction work at parts of the Aqina customs facility, rehabilitation of the first section of the Helmand–Herat highway between Do-Rahi and Herat, expansion of the 220-kilovolt Hisar Shahi power transmission line in Nangarhar, and construction of a 40-megavolt-ampere (MVA) substation to transmit energy from the Yatim Taq gas plant in Jawzjan.

The approved projects also include the construction of several roads in Kabul and electricity transmission and distribution projects in various provinces.

The report states that the projects will be funded by the Taliban administration.