Officials in Afghanistan's Ministry of Industry and Trade say that 635 tons of saffron and ferula have been exported abroad in six months.

The Department of Mines and Petroleum of Panjshir province said that in six months, it sold 35 thousand 874 carats of emeralds for the price of 1 million 614 thousand dollars.

Kandahar Department of Information and Culture said in a statement that 9,950 tons of onions from this province were exported from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's Ministry of Industry and Trade says that Nooruddin Azizi, acting head of the ministry, has gone to Kazakhstan at the head of a delegation of 250 people.

Local officials in Panjshir province say they have sold 3,000 carats of emerald worth more than $100,000.

Officials at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan say that Sheberghan's gas production has reached 650,000 cubic meters per day.

The Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that the amount of exports of this province has doubled in the first six months of this solar year compared to last year.

Officials of Qashqari Oil Extraction Company say that with the activation of a new oil well in Qashqari region of Sar-e-pol province, the amount of oil extraction reached more than five thousand barrels per day....

Officials at the Afghanistan Electricity Company (Breshna) said it had signed three agreements with domestic companies and the private sector to generate 240 MW of electricity through solar and thermal energy.

The Economic Vice-Chancellor of Afghanistan's Prime minister said that the "Inter-ministerial Investment Committee" has approved an investment plan worth about 12 billion Afghanis.

The UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed met with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, the UAE Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Afghanistan's coal exports have fallen by 50 percent in the first six months of this year, officials at the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment said.