KABUL - Iran has allocated a grant of $42 million to Afghanistan for road construction, agriculture, and communication. Anwar- ul-Haq Ahadi, the Finance Minister, announced the news in a press conference on Thursday.

According to Ahadi $22 million of this amount will be spent on building the road between Herat and Maimana, $10 million for reconstruction of Kabul roads, $10 million for building communication facilities between Kabul and Kandahar and $600,000 will be spent on agriculture.

The help is a part of the help Iran promised in the Tokyo Conference.