Khaama Press: The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump vowed support under his upcoming administration to help unearth Afghanistan’s massive natural resources which include some of the world’s rare earth elements. Trump made the commitment during a telephone conversation with the Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The following are foreign exchange rates against the afghani released by the Da Afghanistan Bank, the country’s central bank on Saturday: Currency Unit / Selling / Buying U.S. dollar 1 /66.81 / 66.61 euro 1 / 71.15 / 70.55 British pound / 1 / 82.93 / 82.13 Indian rupee /1
The Times of India: Afghanistan has broken the notion of being a landlocked country by joining several connectivity initiatives in recent days that has linked Kabul with India and Eurasia and no nation should remain under “self-inflicted” belief that it can make movement of Afghans dependent on it, Ambassador Shaida Mohammad Abdali has said days ahead
Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 29, 2016 The proposed railway line from Turkmenistan to Tajikistan, via Afghanistan, marked a milestone on November 28 when the first station on the Afghan side of the Turkmen border opened. Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani attended the ceremony at the Aqina railway station
AFP: Asian neighbours Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Monday opened the first section of a $2 billion link connecting their two countries by rail for the first time and set to extend to Tajikistan. Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani attended the colourful celebrations featuring Turkmen traditional dancers. A train pulling 46 freight
Reuters: Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world, selling for as much as $1,200-$1,800 a kilogram, and has long been seen as an alternative crop to opium poppies for poor farmers in a country struggling with the legacy of decades of war and lawlessness. So far, it has had little impact on the opium
Masood Farivar VOA News November 16, 2016 In the largest influx of refugees returning to Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2011, more than 1 million Afghans have returned home — one-fifth of them involuntarily — from neighboring Pakistan and Iran this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. While
The Telegraph (UK): Think Afghanistan and what springs to mind? Kidnappings? Car bombs? The Taliban? Perhaps, but if you’re not not perturbed by harrowing headlines, the BBC world affairs editor, John Simpson, recommends a visit to the country. Contrary to the advice of the Foreign Office, which warns against all travel to most of Afghanistan, the
Tolo News: With the expansion of trade, commerce and commercial activities through Chabahar Port, the value of commercial and trade transportation between Afghanistan and India will be increased by 50 percent. But officials from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Friday said that currently one of the biggest problems with the port is
The Diplomat: Pakistan and Iran have always had historical claims over the water resources of Afghanistan. These claims have always been rejected by Afghanistan. The chaotic politics of water between Afghanistan and its neighbors has a long history, due to the lack of water-sharing agreements between them. Despite sharing 90 percent of its water resources with