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Kabul Residents Complain over Increase of Electricity Cost
Some huge numbers of Kabul residents have complained over increasing of electricity costs unprecedentedly in the past several months, insisting if the electricity bills are received on month basis it will have lower costs for the consumers, amid officials in Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) declared 2 months of electricity costs are for the benefits of the consumers.
Kabul resident Mohammadullah said, “I received electricity bill indicating 3460 Afghani costs for two months, as you see that I m poor and I can’t afford to pay it.”
Meanwhile Waheedullah the Kabul electricity consumer said, “If we receive the electricity bill on monthly basis we can pay the cost, otherwise it will be costly to pay two months at one time.”
Officials in Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat DABS said each kilo watt of electricity has been categorized based on the residential area and location.
Up to 200 Kilo Watt each Kilo watt costs 2,5 Afghani.
From 201 Kilo Watt up to 400 each Kilo watt costs 3,73 Afghani.
From 401 Kilo Watt up to 700 each Kilo watt costs 6,75 Afghani.
And from 700 Kilo Watt above each Kilo Watt will cost 10 Afghani.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat Spokesman Waheedullah Tauhidi said. “Most of the people consume electricity from 200 up to 300 averages, and if the following electricity bill is presented on month basis each kilo watt of electricity will cost 5 up to 6 Afghani to the consumers.”
The residents’ concerns rise after the National Unity Government could not do enough for the people to remove poverty, and unemployment, experts said Afghan Government are trying to increase National incomes by adding more taxes over the foods and electricity for Afghan people.
Reported by: Lida Naizi
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, defense and interior of Malaysia, along with other senior officials, on Wednesday and called on Malaysians to invest in Afghanistan.
The visiting delegation is being led by senior diplomat Dr. Shazelina Zainul Abidin.
According to the IEA’s foreign ministry, the two sides discussed bilateral trade, holding a business communication conference to strengthen trade relations between the two countries, the trade balance between Afghanistan and Malaysia, and creating a market for Afghan products, including carpets, cotton, and minerals.
According to the ministry, at the end of the meeting, the Acting Minister emphasized the increase of investment from regional countries in Afghanistan and called on Malaysian investors to also invest in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Interior says that Afghanistan has started exporting goods to Turkey via the Herat-Khaf railway line.
In a post on X, the ministry said: “Afghanistan’s exports to Turkey started in a calm atmosphere through the Herat-Khaf railway line.”
The ministry added that one train will run daily for a month and then two trains will run daily.
According to the ministry, the security of Khaf-Herat railway line is provided by the guards of the National Public Protection Agency.
Khaf-Herat railway project not only connects Iran and Afghanistan by rail, but also completes a 2,000-kilometer route along the east-west rail corridor from China, through Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan, to Iran, and on to Turkey and Europe.
As a landlocked country, this railway network will provide a safe route to connect with Europe via Iran’s railway network and Iran’s southern ports.
This railway line is strategic for trade between Iran and Afghanistan and will allow six million tons of goods to be sent between the two countries.
A joint expo between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be held in Kabul in the next four days, officials said on Sunday.
Officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that the two-day expo will be held for the purpose of expanding and strengthening trade relations between the two countries.
“This expo will be held as a follow-up of the Kazakh-Afghan international expo, which was held in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan, with the participation of a large delegation of the government and the private sector of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Abdulsalam Javad Akhundzadeh, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said.
“At this expo, domestic products from different sectors of Afghanistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan will be put on display for two days.”
According to officials, 40 large Kazakh companies, and 40 large Afghan companies will exhibit their products.
Mohammad Saber Latifi, head of the Afghanistan International Expo Center, said that fruits, minerals and commercial services will be displayed at the expo.
During the expo, various memorandums of understanding for the trade of goods are also expected to be signed by companies.
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