Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: Sheikh Shahabuddin Delavar, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum and Chairman of the Commission, met with seven of the country's scientific staff who have returned to Afghanistan and want to serve for the people after many years.
The return of the seven-member group, which was warmly welcomed by Kabul airport officials at the airport, has raised hopes for Afghanistan's future.
Meanwhile, in Mazar-e-Sharif, a number of domestic investors are said to have returned from abroad and reopened their factories in the Balkh province industrial park, which had been inactive for some time.