KABUL, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul will launch and implement 165 development projects in the current year of 1403 on the Persian calendar, local TV TOLOnews reported on Saturday.
The projects with a cost of 6.4 billion afghanis (89.8 million U.S. dollars) involve the reconstruction, health, agriculture, and transportation sectors and are intended to make the city clean and prosperous, the report added.
"The plan includes building roads, dams, and other infrastructure in several industries, including agriculture. All the costs would be paid by the internal revenues of Kabul municipality," TOLOnews quoted Nematullah Barikzai, a representative of the municipality, as saying.
Kabul, with a population of around 6 million, has been facing a variety of problems, including a shortage of drinking water and energy, as well as poor transportation and health services.
The year of 1403 on the Persian calendar in Afghanistan started on March 20. ■
