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Afghanistan’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs said the Khatiz Lmar iron-melting plant opened in Kunduz on 17 September. It reported $8.6 million in investment by a foreign company and capacity of 300 metric tonnes of rebar per day.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Procurement Commission approved 12 of the 30 projects discussed on 12 September, with a combined value of about AFN 2.7 billion. The deputy prime minister’s office said the approved projects included electricity supply and distribution networks in several provinces.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said it signed a contract on 8 September with Nangarhar Afghan Talc Mining and Processing Company for the second block at Kudi Khel in Shirzad district, Nangarhar. The area was reported as 3.826394 square kilometres and the contract value as $65.865 million.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said it signed a contract on 8 September with Omar Farooq Talc Processing Company for the Shinwari talc site in Spin Ghar district, Nangarhar. The area is 6.75966 square kilometres and the contract value is $4.5183 million, according to the ministry.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on 7 September it signed contracts with TNG, a company based in Tatarstan, for monitoring and consultancy at the Amu Darya basin and construction of a flexible production facility at Zamrud Sai.
Data includedAfghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and Saudi Arabia-based Delta International Company signed an exploration and extraction contract for the Kushk–Tirpul basin on 7 September. A 12 September announcement by the deputy prime minister’s office said the company would initially invest $200 million in seven gas blocks in the Kushk area.
Data includedRosemary DiCarlo met Afghanistan’s de facto authorities, civil society representatives, women leaders and Afghan women working for the UN.
Data includedBetween 27 September and 3 October, 779 assisted returnees came from Pakistan, 54 from Iran and five from Tajikistan.
Data includedThe UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said it had confirmed at least 10 deaths, most involving children, and nine injuries in strikes in Kunar and Helmand.
Data includedAfghanistan’s foreign ministry said an Iranian official expressed readiness to cooperate on rail, mining and electricity generation.
Data includedThe foreign ministers’ meeting in Moscow covered economic and trade cooperation, transit and political consultations.
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