Exclusive: 18 out of 21 women in active fields experience decrease in monthly income
KABUL (SW) – Salam Watandar’s findings from interviews with 21 women who work in active fields for women show that the monthly income of 18 has decreased.
Category: Economics
Three nations urge Afghanistan’s active involvement in the ‘Casa 1000’ project
KABUL (SW) – On the sidelines of the ‘COP 28’ meeting, energy ministers of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan have urged Afghanistan to actively participate in the ‘Casa 1000’ electricity transmission project.
Implementation of 200 electricity generation projects to meet domestic energy demands
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Energy and Water has proposed a plan to the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, according to which Afghanistan will become self-sufficient in electricity production in the next five years.
Drought destroyed half of almond orchards in Uruzgan
URUZGAN (SW) – A number of gardeners in Uruzgan say that half of the almond orchards have been destroyed due to drought in this province.
Afghanistan’s Billion-Dollar Export Surge in Eleven Months
KABUL (SW) – In the last eleven months, commercial goods worth one billion and 717 million dollars have been exported from Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Islamic Emirate.
A bridge will be built over the Amu River in Takhar
TAKHAR (SW) – The local officials in Takhar, say that a bridge will be built over the Amu River at the personal expense of the residents of Darqad and Khawaja Bahauddin districts of this province.
Afghan delegation leaves for Turkmenistan
Bakht al-Rahman Sharafat, the general director of the Afghanistan Railway Autority, has left for Ashgabat at the official invitation of Turkmenistan.
New fossil fuel wells begin operating in Sar-e-Pul
SAR-E-PUL (SW) – Eight new Qashgari oil wells in the Amu River Basin in Sar-e-pul province have been put into operation. Officials say that with
Poppy farmers say they have not been helped with alternates
KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – A number of farmers in the southern provinces say that after the ban on planting opium, they have not been able to
Ways sought to life economy of the southeastern zone
PUL-E-ALAM (SW) – A meeting labelled as “Investment, Opportunities and Challenges of the Southeast Zone” was held on Thursday in Logar to lift the economy of
Truck drivers not allowed in Pakistan without a visa
KABUL (SW) – Pakistan has imposed restrictions on trade with Afghanistan and has asked the drivers of Afghan trucks to pass through Pakistan only with
Kabul residents facing prolonged electricity outages
KABUL (SW) – A number of Kabul residents told Salam Watandar that they do not have access to electricity during most of the working hours.
