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Ministry of Transport: Kazakh Company To Build Section of Khaf-Heart Railway

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

President Ghani attended the contract signing ceremony implementing the construction of the fourth section of the Khaf-Herat Railway.

“The fourth part is 43 km long and will be completed in 16 months. This project will cost more than 58.5 million dollars,” said Yama Yari the Administrator of the Ministry of Transport.

Yari added that this railway has four sections. Two of the sections are located in Iran and two sections are based in Afghanistan.

The Italian government is underwriting the cost of the railway project.

The Kazakh Ambassador, Halim Khan Yasin Galdino, stated that the Kazakh Company entrusted with the construction of the Afghan portions of the railway, is one of the biggest railway companies in Kazakhstan and the region. “I promise that this company will finish the work on time,” said the Ambassador.

Officials from the Ministry of Transport said that when the railway project is completed, the railway would transport more than 6.5 million tons of goods. This economic activity will provide an estimated sixty-four million dollars of additional revenue to the Afghan Government.

The Khaf-Herat Railway is the biggest joint project of Afghanistan and Iran.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects

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(Last Updated On: April 19, 2024)

Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.

According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.

“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.

According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.

“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.

However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.

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