Category: Economy & Business

Outdated customs making Uruzgan youth suffer

TARIN KOT (SW) – A number of young people in Uruzgan say that they have been waiting for years to pay for their wedding expenses

Kandahar farmers seek pomegranate exports to EU

KANDAHAR CITY (SW) – A number of gardeners in Kandahar say that on the one hand, plant pests have damaged pomegranate crops in this province, and

Bee breeders in Paktia struggling to sell honey

GARDEZ (SW) – A number of bee breeders in Paktia say that they put a lot of effort into breeding bees, but there is no suitable

Uzbekistan pledges to facilitate trade ties with Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – The visiting trade delegation of Uzbekistan has meet with top Islamic Emirate officials in Kabul. Abdul Ghani Baradar, the economic deputy prime

Samangan residents struggling with faulty roads

SAMANGAN ( SW) – A number of drivers in Samangan complained about the lack of proper roads in Dara Souf say that this issue has

Uzbekistan trade delegation lands in Kabul

KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that a delegation from the government of Uzbekistan has arrived in Kabul. According to

Daily wagers in Faryab struggling to make ends meet

MAIMANA (SW) – Economic hardships are taking its toll on the residents of Faryab, particularly the daily wagers who are struggling to make ends meet.

Charity pledges to build 68 schools

SHEBERGHAN (SW) – A charity organization named “Qais Arghandiwal” has announced it is building 68 buildings for a number of girls’ and boys’ schools across

Drought severely affects wheat farming in Sar-e-Pul

SAR-E-PUL (SW) – A number of farmers in Sar-e-Pul, who have planted wheat in their fields, say that due to repeated droughts and lack of monsoon

Helmand residents demand reconstruction of the key road connecting to Lashkargah

KABUL (SW) – A number of Helmand residents say that the 300-kilometer road that connects the city of Lashkargah, the capital of this province, to

Daily wagers in Mazar-e-Sharif faced with unemployment, hunger

MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SW) – Daily wage laborers in Mazar-e-Sharif say they are getting no work for days resulting in poverty and hunger. After the recent security