Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2022 shows a worker at a cotton processing plant in Balkh province, Afghanistan. A cotton processing plant at a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2022 shows a cotton processing plant in Balkh province, Afghanistan. A cotton processing plant at a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2022 shows workers presenting cotton at a cotton processing plant in Balkh province, Afghanistan. A cotton processing plant at a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
A cotton processing plant at a cost of 2 million U.S. dollars has been inaugurated in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Balkh province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported.

Opened on Friday, the plant, with a capacity of processing 70,000 kg of cotton in 24 hours, has provided job opportunities for 100 people, the news agency reported.

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan fully supports investment and establishing producing plants," Bakhtar quoted a provincial government official Mawlawi Borjan as saying.

The Taliban-run caretaker administration has been calling upon local and foreign companies to invest in war-torn Afghanistan, and pledged to spare no efforts to ensure the security of businessmen and investors in the country.