Reports: $100 million food processing plant and new hospital to be built in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Tolo news reported two days ago that the Dubai based ANHAM contracting firm “will invest $100 million in Afghanistan to build a food processing plant and a logistics hub covering 5,000 hectares of land.”

The report cited the Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA) as saying that the project will create thousands of jobs, and that the “plant will be able to process agricultural produce from Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.” Moreover, ANHAM said that “it will help find international buyers for Afghanistan’s food products.” According to the report, construction work is scheduled to take 9 months to complete.

In other development news, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported yesterday that a new hospital will be built in the Surkh Rod district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. The project is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The hospital building will have “electricity, water, waiting rooms and 17 beds”. The foundation stone of the building has already been laid, according to the PAN report.

September 12, 2011 · admin · No Comments
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