The Kuwaiti government has created a task force charged with building a number of brand new towns in the country.

Deputy prime minister for economic affairs and state minister for development and housing Sheikh Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah said the task force's first task is to prepare strategic broad lines for a strategy to build and develop the towns.

He did not elaborate details on how many towns would are planned, their location, or the population the towns are expected to accommodate.

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