Work on the Afghan leg of the 1,814 km, $8bn TAPI natural gas pipeline that will…
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STATS
Source: World Bank
Currency: Afghan afghani
GDP: 19.36 billion USD (2018)
GDP per capita: 520.90 USD (2018)
GDP growth rate: 1.0% annual change (2018)
GDP growth rate: 1.0% annual change (2018)
Gross national income: 73.13 billion PPP dollars (2018)
GNI per capita: 1,970 PPP dollars (2018)
Internet users: 10.6% of the population (2016)
Chabahar set to take on Gwadar in fight for traffic on South Asian sea route
The prospect of a new strategic sea route connecting Iran, India and Afghanistan came one step…
Payday nears for Kabul with work on Afghan leg of TAPI due to start in 2018
The prospect of Afghanistan earning a very welcome $500m a year in transit fees from the…
Turkmenistan secures $700m from IDB for TAPI pipeline to India
TAPI: Turkmenistan has secured a $700m loan from the Islamic Development Bank to lay the long-awaited TAPI…
India and Iran sign off on $500m Chabahar port development
India and Iran this week formally signed the long-anticipated contract for the development of Chabahar port in…
Almaty looking to borrow $8bn to fund Kazakh road construction programme
Kazakh road construction: Kazakhstan is looking to raise $8bn in loans to fund its 4,700km road construction…
Karimov orders Uzbek companies ordered to hold 15% foreign capital
Uzbek companies must ensure that at least 15% of their authorised foreign capital belongs to overseas investors,…
Afghanistan joins WTO and calls for technical help from global community
Afghanistan joins WTO: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday formally approved Afghanistan as a member, making the landlocked…
Turkmenistan to start work on TAPI pipeline by year end
Turkmenistan today announced that it will start work on construction of the long-delayed $10bn TAPI gas pipeline…
Turkmengas joins TAPI gas pipeline consortium
Turkmengas joins TAPI gas pipeline consortium; Turkmengas, Turkmenistan’s state-run gas company, has joined with its counterparts in Afghanistan,…