World Bank to Help Build Peshawar-Kabul Highway

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar urged the World Bank to finance a major project in the Pak-Afghan region, which could greatly enhance intra-regional trade. At a meeting with World Bank Vice President for South Asia Annette Dixon in Washington on Sunday, Dar urged the World Bank to finance the project aimed at boosting regional connectivity. The project — Peshawar-Kabul highway — would not only link Peshawar with the Afghan capital but would also be a major commercial link between the South and Central Asian regions. Dawn reported In Washington, Finance Minister Dar also met his Afghan counterpart Eklil Ahmed Hakimi and the two talked about coordinating their policies to enhance bilateral trade and economic ties. They agreed to hold the next meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Economic Commission as soon as possible, said an official statement issued after the meeting.