Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead a vital trade mission to Kabul, Afghanistan, this September. Sánchez will bring representatives from 10 U.S. companies who are interested in pursuing export, partnership, and investment opportunities in Afghanistan. The Commerce Department is playing a critical role in facilitating the U.S. private sector’s engagement [...]

The World Bank today approved an additional $40 million grant to continue supporting the Government of Afghanistan’s ongoing efforts to provide year-round access to basic services and facilities in rural areas. The Afghanistan National Emergency Rural Access Project (NERAP), launched in 2002 as one of four National Priority Programs, has rehabilitated some 10,370 kilometers of [...]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will set up a new fund which will pool public and private resources to help Afghanistan finance much-needed infrastructure. ADB’s Board of Directors has approved the creation of the Afghanistan Infrastructure Trust Fund, with ADB as its manager. It will provide an opportunity to bilateral, multilateral, and individual contributors to [...]

Canadian Ambassador William Crosbie and United States Ambassador for Economic and Development Affairs Anthony Wayne joined Minister of Finance H.E. Dr. Omar Zakhilwal for the opening of the Afghan National Customs Academy (ANCA). Established with the support of a number of international donors, the ANCA will assist the Afghanistan Customs Department to develop into a [...]

For the first time in decades, Kabul is receiving a steady supply of electricity thanks to a major new transmission line linking Afghanistan’s capital with neighboring Uzbekistan. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is one of the largest partners in constructing a 420-kilometer transmission corridor carrying electricity across some of the most challenging mountainous terrain on [...]

Despite the international economic criss Afghan Economy is estimated to grow 3.4% in 2008/09. but many problems remain, accondding to World Bank estimations. Almost 85 percent of the population now has access to primary health care. According to an independent survey, the quality of care has improved and the number of patients served has more [...]

As part of the EU-UNDP-UK €5,011,000, ($7,745,000) BOMBAF Project, Charlotte Adriaen, Chargé d’Affaires to the Delegation of the European Commission to Tajikistan, on 05 June 2008 handed over three new Border Crossing Points on the Tajik-Afghan border to the Afghan Border Police as the culmination of one phase in the UNDP’s Border Management Badakhshan Afghanistan [...]

On 6 May 2008 the deputy Minister of Energy and Water, Mr Ziayee, laid down the cornerstone of the new Sub-basin Agency in Baghlan-e-Jadid. The first of a series of constructions that will create the infrastructure for the new Agency responsible for the governance of all water related issues in the vast North-Easter basin of [...]

with the construction of 15Km Road in Kabul, Kunduz and Kapisa provinces, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development provided 10,628 rural families with needed facilities in term of commute to district centers and Cities. One of these projects is the graveling of 10.5Km road in Kundoz which connects 23 villages to Qalai Zal district [...]

The Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) won the World’s second best investment promotion agency award at the World Investment Conference 2008 in Accra, Ghana on April 18 2008. The award, jointly given by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), recognized AISA as an [...]