Work on 500 projects continues across Afghanistan: Deputy PM

KABUL (TOLOnews): The deputy prime minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, said that work on more than 500 small and big development projects is being continued across Afghanistan.

Speaking at a gathering held to begin work on a new mosque in Daman district of Kandahar province, Mullah Baradar said that work on Wakhan avenue is underway, which will connect Afghanistan to China.

“We assure our compatriots that we support them in every area and we stand beside them,” he said.

The mosque is located alongside the Kabul-Kandahar highway, and it cost them 3.5 million Afs.

Mullah Baradar said that Qush Tepa canal and Badakhshan’s Wakhan’s connectivity with China will help the country’s economy to improve.

“A path will be constructed, through which we will conduct our transit of trade goods with China, witb both exports and imports, and we will give you good news soon in this regard,” Mullah Baradar said.

Speaking at the same gathering, the acting Minister of Public Work, Mohammad Esa Sani, said that based on the decree of the Islamic Emirate’s leader, at least 75 mosques will be constructed along all highways across the country.

“Based on the decree of the Amirul Momineen (Islamic Emirate’s leader), at least 75 mosques will be built across the country,” he said.

The residents of Kandahar also praised the implementation of the projects, saying that the projects helped the economy of the province.

“Any kind of facilities is in the interest of Afghanistan and the nation,” said Sebghatullah Arghand, a resident of Kandahar.

According to TOLOnews’s findings, the start of construction of the 2nd phase of the Qush Tepa canal, the reconstruction of the Salang highway and contracts worth billions of dollars are considered to be the main economic projects for 2023.