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Afghan senators on Sunday summoned senior officials of the central bank, interior ministry, and customs department over smuggling of U.S. dollar from Afghanistan to foreign countries. Mohammad Alam Izadyar, Deputy Speaker of the House claimed that widespread corruption exists in the customs department. He further said that millions of dollars …

Afghanistan’s economy is projected to remain at 2.5 percent growth in 2018 and 2019 due to the challenging security and political situations in the country, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report says. In its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018, ADB noted that preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) growth for Afghanistan …

President Ashraf Ghani in his three-day official visit to Turkmenistan will sign eight economic contracts with Ashgabat, Presidential Palace said. Ministry of Economic officials are said to believe that the contracts between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will save the country from the siege of the economy. “The Afghan government view was …