KABUL - Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation said that it would like to build more airports in Afghanistan, but without the budget to do so, it is heading to Tokyo with hopes of securing such funding.
Afghan Civil Aviation Minister Daoud Ali Najafi said on Tuesday that the plan to construct more airports was beyond the government's capacity.

However, the Ministry has drawn up a proposal which Najafi will present to potential donors interested in development at the upcoming Tokyo conference.
"It's obvious that the government alone cannot finance the construction of all the airports in the country, but it's part of our long term plan to construct airports in all the provinces," Najafi said.

"Whatever we get from government and the international community we will spend on the airports."
He said that plans for the construction of airports in Khost, Bamyan, Daikundi, Farah, Nimroz, Kunduz and Ghazni provinces are underway.

He also stressed that the Asian Development Bank has shown an interest in helping fund the Afghan airports.
Besides Kabul airport, some international flights are being conducted from Herat, Kandahar, and Mazar-e-Sharif airports.

Some experts believe that standardising the airports in the provinces will be beneficial for the provinces they are based in, particularly in decreasing the amount of time spent on travel. (Tolo News)