Economy & Development
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Taliban: Afghanistan-Iran Economic Cooperation Can Drive Regional Growth
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, has called for expanded economic and trade cooperation between Afghanistan and Iran, saying stronger ties would benefit not only the two countries but the wider region. Azizi said economic…
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Afghanistan, Iran Agree to Expand Agricultural Cooperation
DID Press: The agriculture ministers of the Taliban and Iran held talks in Kabul on expanding bilateral cooperation in agriculture, livestock and irrigation. The meeting focused on cooperation in agricultural machinery, improved seeds, plant and animal health, irrigation and technology…
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Iran-Afghanistan Agricultural Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges
DID Press: When we review Afghanistan’s official economic figures and statistics, one figure stands out above all: the 35 percent share of agriculture and livestock in Afghanistan’s gross domestic product. For the people of our country, this figure is not…
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Iran’s Agriculture Minister Arrives in Kabul for Talks With Taliban
DID Press: Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh arrived in Kabul on Wednesday, August 12, at the head of an official delegation for meetings with Taliban officials and a visit to an agriculture and livestock exhibition, Iran’s embassy in Kabul…
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Afghanistan Hosts First International Agriculture and Livestock Exhibition in Kabul
DID Press: Kabul is hosting the country’s first international agriculture and livestock exhibition, a five-day event bringing together Taliban officials and domestic and foreign companies from Iran, Uzbekistan, Türkiye and India. The exhibition aims to showcase Afghanistan’s agricultural potential, promote…
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Afghanistan, Turkmenistan Agree to Accelerate TAPI, TAP and Railway Projects
DID Press: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have agreed to accelerate the implementation of major energy, transit and connectivity projects, including the TAPI gas pipeline, TAP power transmission project, fiber-optic network and the Herat–Torghundi railway, following talks between senior officials in Torghundi,…
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$30 Million Pharmaceutical Plant Opens in Afghanistan’s Herat Province
DID Press: A pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Deem Pharma, has opened in Herat province with a total investment of $30 million, in a ceremony attended by the Taliban’s acting public health minister. Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, the Taliban’s public health minister,…
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Afghanistan Proposes Trans-Caspian Transit Route Linking Turkmenabat to Mazar-e-Sharif
DID Press: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed establishing a new transit route linking Turkmenabat with northern Afghanistan and Mazar-i-Sharif, as part of efforts to expand bilateral trade and transportation cooperation. A delegation from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries…
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$30 Million Oil Refinery Begins Operations in Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pul
DID Press: An oil refinery with an investment of $30 million has begun operations in Afghanistan’s northern Sar-e Pul province, with a daily processing capacity of 600 tonnes of crude oil. Officials at the refinery said the required crude oil…
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Construction Begins on $143 Million Gulbahar Cement Plant in Herat
DID Press: Construction has begun on the Gulbahar cement plant in Zindajan district of western Afghanistan’s Herat province, with an investment of $143 million. The project is expected to be completed within two years and will have a production capacity…
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