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Kabul Residents Express Concerns Over Increased Price Of Gas
Residents of Kabul City have expressed concerns over increased gas prices, stating that gas, fuel and firewood prices are higher during the winter. Some economic analysts have claimed that the Mafia is responsible for the increase in gas costs.
Winter is a fruitful season for the businessmen who sell gas in Afghanistan. Many Kabul residents have complained repeatedly about the prices of gas, fuel and firewood when the cold weather sweeps in; however, the Government has failed to contain prices.
Kabul resident Sakhi said, “I earned 100 Afghani per day, if I buy 1 Kilo of gas with 70 Afghani, with the remaining I can’t afford other necessary things for my family.”
Meanwhile, a number of drivers stated that the current situation of higher fuel prices is a great concern.
Driver Karimullah said, “[The] Government should provide basic services for the residents, it also should ask the businessmen how much did they import the price of one kilo gas or fuel and how much do you sell it in the market.”
Some economic analysts have sated that the Mafia is involved in raising the prices of gas, fuel and firewood in Afghanistan during the winter season.
Economy expert Taj Mohammad Talash said, “Unfortunately the responsible departments which are working on fuel, gas issues are partners, [in the reason for increased prices], taking their own part, [creating] a big circle of corruption in the markets.”
Ministry of Commerce and Industry Spokesman Musafir Qoqandi said, “The Afghan businessmen have signed big contracts on importing of fuel and gas with foreign countries especially Uzbekistan, therefore we will not have any problems in hiking process of gas and fuel in the country.”
The prices of petrol, diesel and gas were set at a liter of Petrol for 46 Afghani and Diesel at 43 Afghani. However, but one kilo of gas was reported as being sold for as much as 70 Afghani.
Reported by: Aslam Hejaab
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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