{"id":22720,"date":"2026-07-09T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22720"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:00:03","slug":"mullah-baradar-new-jabal-al-siraj-cement-plant-to-drive-afghanistans-industrial-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/mullah-baradar-new-jabal-al-siraj-cement-plant-to-drive-afghanistans-industrial-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mullah Baradar: New Jabal al-Siraj cement plant to drive Afghanistan\u2019s industrial growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, said the launch of construction on the second major cement production plant in Jabal al-Siraj, Parwan Province, represents not only the establishment of a new factory but also a significant step toward Afghanistan\u2019s industrial development, economic self-reliance, stronger domestic production, and long-term prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday, Baradar stated that Afghanistan possesses vast natural resources, human potential, and a strategic geographic location that provide strong opportunities for industrial development. He added that the Islamic Emirate\u2019s economic policy places special emphasis on achieving this objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that expanding the industrial sector and increasing domestic production would play a vital role in boosting economic growth, creating employment opportunities, and reducing the country\u2019s dependence on imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the second Jabal al-Siraj cement plant will have the capacity to produce 5,000 tons of cement every 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, said the launch of construction on the second major cement production plant in Jabal al-Siraj, Parwan Province, represents not only the establishment of a new factory but also a significant step toward Afghanistan\u2019s industrial development, economic self-reliance, stronger domestic production, and long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22722,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22720\/revisions\/22722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}