AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRegional Trade: Afghan businesses signed nearly $400 million in trade and investment deals with Uzbek and Indian partners, while separate Afghanistan-Iran agreements worth $451.8 million cover construction, energy, mining, technology and food. A Kabul exhibition featuring 323 companies and about 700 booths helped bring regional firms together. Solar Energy: A UNDP project has equipped 833 Afghan schools and health centres with solar power, benefiting more than 812,000 women and girls and training 20 women for work in the sector. Agriculture: FAO says above-average rain could support rain-fed wheat planting, but intense downpours risk flash floods and crop losses. High seed and fertilizer prices are also limiting farmers’ investment. Small Businesses: Women entrepreneurs in Kabul report falling sales and rising material costs, forcing some to cut staff or halt production. Construction: Contractors warn that a 2.5 billion afghani cut to the Public Works Ministry’s budget could delay road projects and cause private-sector losses.
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