The construction of the Mes Aynak road in Logar province started on Wednesday in the presence of senior officials of the Islamic Emirate and Chinese officials.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said the project was one of the most important and vital projects in the country, but it has suffered a long delay.
According to a statement from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Baradar assured the officials of the contracting company that there were enough materials inside Afghanistan to destroy the toxic substances during processing and that the problem had been completely resolved and there were no obstacles to the practical work of the project.
He added that he had instructed Da Afghanistan Bank, the country’s central bank, to cooperate with the contracting company over the transfer of the project’s funds.
He also assured the contracting company of the full security of the project.
The ceremony was attended by Hedayatullah Badri, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Khairullah Khairkhwa, Acting Minister of Information and Culture, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of China, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, director and technical team of Mes Aynak contracting company MCC and representatives of the private sector.