Afghanistan

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says it will distribute 400,000 tons of coal at a discounted rate to Kabul city residents in order to prevent a sharp rise in fuel prices this winter.

The decision was made by a special fuel price control commission headed by the deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar.

According to Abdul Salam Jawad, a...

This year, 30,000 tons of grapes were harvested in Samangan province, a 15 percent increase on last year, local officials said.

According to them, last year, 25,000 tons were harvested.

Grape farmers said they are happy with the increase in yield, but that there isn&t much of a market for them and that they have a serious shortage of cold...

Afghanistan has dispatched 12 tons of pine nuts to Europe, officials said on Sunday.

The consignment is worth $500,000 and is expected to reach Germany via Iran and Turkey, said Sayed Masood Sadat, deputy head of Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment.

Meanwhile, the Union of Exporters in West Zone said they export goods worth $250 million...

Cities in central China hastily drew up plans to isolate migrant workers fleeing to their hometowns from a vast assembly facility of iPhone maker Foxconn in COVID-hit Zhengzhou city, fearing the returnees may trigger coronavirus outbreaks, Reuters reported.

Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, reported 167 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the...