STORY: Afghanistan's GDP up 2.7 pct in last Persian calendar year
SHOOTING TIME: File footage
DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

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1. various of city views of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan
2. various of wagons and containers at the Hairatan land port of Balkh province, north Afghanistan
3. various of a fruit market in Kabul
4. various of a dry fruit and nut shop in Kabul

STORYLINE:

Afghanistan's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 2.7 percent year on year during the Persian calendar year of 1402 through March 19, data from the country's National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) showed on Wednesday.

Afghanistan's GDP reached 15.7 billion U.S. dollars during the cited period, NSIA acting deputy chief Esmatullah Hakimi told a government accountability program.

According to Hakimi, the annual per capita income in the central Asian country reached 493 U.S. dollars, increasing by 70 U.S. dollars from a year earlier.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul.
(XHTV)