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List Of Companies Of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia. Afghanistan is a developing country, it is no longer one of the world's poorest country, however there was decades of war and lack of foreign investment. , the nation's GDP stands at about $60.58 billion with an exchange rate of $20.31 billion, and the GDP per capita is $1,900. The country's exports totaled $2.7 billion in 2012. Its unemployment rate was reported in 2008 at about 35%. According to a 2009 report, about 42% of the population lives on less than $1 a day. The nation has less than $1.5 billion in external debt. The Afghan economy has been growing at about 10% per year in the last decade, which is due to the infusion of over $50 billion in international aid and remittances from Afghan expats. It is also due to improvements made to the transportation system and agricultural production, which is the backbone of the nation's economy. Notable firms This list includes notable companies with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan (orthographic Projection)
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and serves as its capital. Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic era, and the country's strategic location along the historic Silk Road has led it to being described, picturesquely, as the ‘ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan International Bank
Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) is the largest bank in Afghanistan and the only Afghan bank with international transfer to all countries, with its head office in Kabul. The bank has thirty seven branch offices in the major cities of the country. AIB has international shareholders, two Afghan business groups, one Afghan/American business group. It opened in 2004. AIB operates primarily as a commercial wholesale bank and targets, among others, multilateral organizations, UN entities, NGOs, embassies, foreign military forces, Afghan governmental institutions, foreign and domestic companies, to become their clients. The bank operates from AIB House, which is located in Third Microryan, Hamid Karzai International Airport Road of Kabul City. Bank has its branches in Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Kunduz, Pole-e-Khumri, Helmand, Nimruz and Khost Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyber Afghan Airlines
Khyber Afghan Airlines was a cargo airline based in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, with its base at Jalalabad Airport , nativename-r = , image = Nangarhar Airport.jpg , caption = View of the airport's control tower in 2008 , IATA = JAA , ICAO = OAJL , pushpin_map = Afghanistan , pushpi ....ch-aviation.com - Khyber Afghan Airlines retrieved 30 September 2018 As of September 2018, it suspended all operations with plans to restart them. References Defunct airlines of Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-airline-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaama Press
The Khaama Press News Agency (Pashto: خامه پرس خبری آژانس; Persian: خبرگزاری خامه پرس) is the largest online news service for Afghanistan, established in October 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan, by Khushnood Nabizada, an Afghan journalist and entrepreneur. "Khaama" is an ancient Persian word that means "The Pen". Khaama Press operates in three languages: English, Pashto, and Persian. The Khaama Press News Agency is a private firm that works in the area of reporting news from Afghanistan. Khaama Press is one of the most popular websites in Afghanistan based on Alexa ranking and Google News. According to a recent demographic report by Google Analytics, 50 percent of its audience come from Afghanistan and the other 50 percent from other parts of the world, including the United States of America, Canada, Europe, Asia, Middle East, South Asia and Australia. History In 2009, the Khaama Press news portal was designed by founder Khushnood Nabizada to publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kam Air
Kam Air is the largest private Afghan airline. Founded in 2003, Kam Air has twelve aircraft and a workforce of over 1,200 people, operating scheduled domestic passenger services throughout Afghanistan and international services to destinations in Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. Its hub is at Kabul International Airport in the capital Kabul. Due to the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, all civilian services in the country were temporarily suspended on 15 August 2021. However, domestic flights restarted on 5 September 2021. International flights were also later resumed. History Kam Air was the first private commercial airline established in Afghanistan by the owner and founder of Kamgar Group, Zamarai Kamgar, an Afghan businessman. Kam Air's Operator Certificate (AOC Nr. 001) was issued in August 2003 by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) of Afghanistan. Kam Air was registered with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First MicroFinance Bank-Afghanistan
First MicroFinance Bank-Afghanistan (FMFB-A) is a banking and loan institution of Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance which provides micro loans to poor and vulnerable population, particularly women. The Bank was established in 2004. See also * First MicroFinance Bank-Tajikistan First MicroFinance Bank-Tajikistan (FMFB-T) is a commercial bank of the Aga Khan Development Network involved in microfinancing operations. The Bank was established in 2003, and has its head office at Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ... * First MicroFinance Bank-Pakistan References External links * Banks of Afghanistan Aga Khan Development Network Microfinance companies of Asia Microfinance banks Banks established in 2004 {{afghanistan-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Horizon Airlines
East Horizon Airlines was an Afghan regional airline. History The airline began operations in December 2013. As of May 2014 the airline had regularly scheduled flights to nine airports from its hubs at Herat and Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ... airports. As of September 2018, the airline suspended all operations. Destinations As of May 2014 the airline served the following destinations: Fleet As of May 2014 the East Horizon Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:East Horizon Airlines fleet ch-aviation.com References {{Afghan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Afghanistan Bank
(DAB, ps, د افغانستان بانک; prs, بانک مرکزی افغانستان) is the central bank of Afghanistan. It regulates all banking and money handling operations in Afghanistan. The bank currently has 46 branches throughout the country, with five of these situated in Kabul, where the headquarters is also based. Da Afghanistan Bank is a wholly government-owned bank, established in 1939. DAB is active in developing policies to promote financial inclusion and a member of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion. In May 2020, the bank launched a campaign to promote the use of Afghan currency instead of Iranian rials in the western provinces. Bank's seal The seal of Da Afghanistan Bank has the name of the bank in Pashto at the top and Latin script at the bottom, the year 1939 in which it was established, and a depiction of a Eucratides I-era coin with the Greek text, "" which means "Of the great king Eucratides". Mission Basic tasks of DAB are: * Formulate, adopt and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank-e-Millie Afghan
Bank-e-Millie Afghan (BMA) was the first financial institution in Afghanistan, which opened in 1933 by Herati businessman Abdul Majid Zabuli. It was established as a public-private partnership, with a 72 percent share held by the private sector. BMA was instrumental in introducing formal banking services to the people and government. In 1976, BMA was fully nationalized by the government of Afghanistan. BMA has 15 city branches in Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ..., along with 22 provincial branches. History In 1933, the Bank-e-Millie Afghan (BMA) became Afghanistan's first financial institution. Likewise, it was the first financial institution to be founded as part of a public-private partnership, with the private sector owning 72 percent of the shares. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhtar News Agency
Bakhtar News Agency is the official state news agency of the Afghan government, based in Kabul. The agency is a major source of news for all media in Afghanistan, gathering domestic and international news and providing information to outlets. The agency provides news in the following languages: English, Dari, Arabic, Russian, Urdu, and Uzbeki. Established in 1939 by the Government Press Department of Afghanistan, it monitors foreign and domestic news before distribution. The English sector of the news distribution was not added until 1992 in order to keep foreign diplomats informed of Afghan news. The Ministry of Culture and Information monitors the reporting of Bakhtar News Agency. In 2002, Agence France-Presse established a satellite link providing news information to the Bakhtar News Agency. The government had planned to make the agency independent of government control in 2004 before elections.Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Human rights annual report 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
Bakhtar Afghan Airlines is an airline from Afghanistan, which offers domestic flights. The company was founded in 1967 as Bakhtar Airlines, a name it kept until 1985, when it was renamed Bakhtar Afghan Airlines by Pashtun governments. In 1985 the company absorbed Ariana Afghan Airlines and became Afghanistan's sole airline company. In 1988 the Ariana and Bakhtar brands merged. However, the airline relaunched in 2020. Destinations Bakhtar Afghan Airlines offer scheduled flights to the following destinations: *Bamyan – Bamyan Airport * Chaghcharan – Chaghcharan Airport * Darwaz – Darwaz Airport * Fayzabad – Fayzabad Airport *Herat – Herat Airfield * Jeddah - King Abdulaziz International Airport *Kabul – Kabul International Airport (base) *Kunduz – Kunduz Airport * Khwahan – Khwahan Airport *Maymana – Maymana Airport *Mazar-i-Sharif – Mazar-i-Sharif Airport * Shegnan – Sheghnan Airport Flights were operated using Yakovlev Yak-40 or de Havilland Twin Otter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azizi Bank
Azizi Bank is one of the largest commercial banks in Afghanistan. It has 80 branches including extension counters and around 100 ATMs across Afghanistan. The bank opened on June 13, 2006, and is headquartered in Zanbaq Square, Kabul, Afghanistan. , Azizi Bank employed around 1,600 staff, 13% of whom were female. During the 2021 Taliban offensive, its fighters escorted female employees from a branch of the bank in Kandahar and ordered them not to return. References Further reading"Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan" ''Time''. (December 4, 2006)."Life's a lottery in the new Afghanistan" ''Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...''. (September 18, 2006). External links Banks of Afghanistan Banks established in 2006 {{Asia-bank-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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