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Brussels Conference Kicks off for Afghanistan Stability
Brussels conference on Afghanistan was held in Belgium where 100 country representatives, International Organizations have pledged $ 3,5 billion their financial aids for Afghanistan up to 2020.
In the conference Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” combating corruption is our priority, corrupted figures will not have posts within the Afghan Government.”
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” Our firm believes that we can come over the past in our culture hospitality and friendship, You distinguished leaders of the International community have been our friends in the font of hope for the people, The International community offered our people a end to help lift us from the years of war fair poverty and quality, in a country that earns for its children to be educated, you have built schools, where life’s were filled with trauma, diseases and heartily deaths you have built clinics training our nurses and doctors.”
Mr. Ghani had entitled poverty as the huge challenge within his Government, appreciating the International community for their contribution on improving of the Afghan life
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” One of the regular challenge is poverty, as 39 percent of Afghans are earning lower one US dollar, this indicates that they eat two times in 24 hours, I really appreciate the International community contribution for Afghans, removing of poverty is one of our priorities.”
He went on and insisted that tackling corruption is the priority program, and efforts are underway against it.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” in London conference we had announced to establish Center of justice-Judicial combating corruption, I m not only pleased that was inaugurated but it began practical activities, one top officials in Ministry of Interior affairs who demanded $ 150 thousand dollar was arrested and executed publically.”
“ Our problem is corruption and who commits it, Terrorism doesn’t know borders, there is no difference between good and bad terrorists, the roots of problems in Afghanistan is coming from the regional countries, we are committed to unity, and negotiation, Afghans can do peace, we need to bring our troops together and move forward to fight against terrorism President Ghani in his statement on Brussels conference said,”
International community in Brussels conference have committed $ 3,5 billion for Afghanistan up to 2020 which will be spent on combating corruption, good Governance, equal growth, holding Election, improving of Women life and civil society.
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Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.
This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.
Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.
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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat
The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.
According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.
The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.
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Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items, and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.
The ministry officials said that for this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.
The ministry’s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.
“We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45 sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic production and it is also expanding.
The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government projects.
“I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development projects,” said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.
Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.
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