Kabul offers help in import of power from Central Asia

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ISLAMABAD: Amid concerns over slow implementation of decisions taken in the past, Pakistan and Afghanis­tan discussed on Monday concepts of two major projects — import of 2,000MW electricity from Turkmenis­tan and development of Gwadar-Helmand road link.

These were the main issues taken up at the 10th session of the Joint Economic Commission which concluded here on Monday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his Afghan counterpart Eklil Ahmad Hakimi led their delegations.