Afghan economy
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Afghanistan
Taliban Approves Plan to Establish Special Economic Zones in Seven Afghan Provinces
DID Press: Taliban’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has announced approval of a plan to establish special economic zones in seven provinces of Afghanistan, aiming to attract investment, expand domestic production and boost exports. Mullah Abdul…
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Afghanistan Welcomes More Than 30,000 Foreign Tourists Since Taliban Takeover
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, run by the Taliban, says more than 30,000 foreign tourists have visited the country since the group returned to power. The ministry said foreign visitors had travelled to various parts of Afghanistan…
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UNAMA Warns Pakistan Border Closures Could Deepen Poverty and Unemployment in Afghanistan
DID Press: The continued closure of border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan is disrupting trade and transit, potentially leading to higher unemployment and worsening poverty in Afghanistan, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned.…
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Taliban Scraps AFN 500,000 Guarantee for Business Licences
DID Press: Taliban’s supreme leader has ordered the abolition of the AFN 500,000 guarantee previously required for issuing business licenses in Afghanistan and directed that previously paid guarantees be refunded to their owners. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, issued the…
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WFP: Afghan Unskilled Workers’ Purchasing Power Falls 25% in One Year
DID Press: The purchasing power of unskilled workers in Afghanistan fell by 25 percent in the first week of October compared with the same period last year, as declining employment opportunities, lower wages and rising food prices continued to put…
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Kandahar Industrialists Warn of Factory Relocations Over Power Shortages
DID Press: Industrialists in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province have warned that they may relocate their factories to other provinces if persistent electricity shortages are not addressed. Factory owners say the power shortage has disrupted industrial operations and increased production costs,…
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Herat Set to Become a Hub for Economic Cooperation with Kazakhstan
DID Press: Kazakhstan is seeking to expand trade and economic cooperation between its western regions and western Afghanistan through a new initiative called “West2West.” A Kazakh government and business delegation led by Yerkin Tukumov, the country’s special representative of the…
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Iranian Delegation Stresses Expansion of Economic Ties With Afghanistan
DID Press: Dr. Mohsen Zanganeh, head of the Iranian delegation in Kabul, has highlighted Afghanistan’s economic potential and prospects for growth, saying the country could experience one of the region’s strongest economic expansions over the next 10 years. Zanganeh, head…
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Brader: Afghan Products Must Be Competitive in Regional Markets
DID Press: Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has called for higher-quality domestic production and stronger capacity for Afghan products to compete in regional markets during a visit to the Mufid manufacturing company in Balkh…
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$1.5M Cold Storage Facility for Fruit, Meat Opens in Herat
DID Press: A large cold-storage and preservation facility for fruit and meat, built at a cost of $1.5 million, has been inaugurated in Guzara district of Herat province, western Afghanistan. Jamshid Kamal, head of the Kamal Herat Cold Storage facility,…
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