KABUL (SW) – Mohammad Humayun Qayumi, interim minister for the Ministry of Finance, said on Saturday that an estimated $ 8.7 billion would be invested aimed at self-reliance of the country.
Addressing a press conference here, the minister said this investment would be made in the fields of agriculture, energy sector and infrastructure. Qayumi said out of these funds, an estimated $ 5.5 billion would be invested in the agriculture sector alone while $ 1.7 billion in the field of infrastructure and $ 1.3 billion in the field of energy.
According to the interim minister for the Ministry of Finance, this investment would help create jobs, eradicate poverty and promote economic growth.
He vowed these sectors would witness an estimated increase of revenue worth at least $ 1 billion after around ten years of this investment.
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