Officials at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum say 13 large-scale mines have been signed in several provinces in the past year.

Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says that officials of Com Group and Airil companies in Uzbekistan have met with Hedayatullah Badri, the head of the ministry.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Afghanistan has announced that Nooruddin Azizi, the head of this ministry, has met with Amir Tavakoli, a member of the Iranian Parliament, and the officials of the Iranian industrial complex "Folad Mubarakeh".