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Gov’t Seeks To Gain Renewed International Commitments After 2020
The Afghan government tries to receive global commitments to Afghanistan after the year 2020, finance minister said.
“There will be another summit after 2020, and Afghanistan would urges the international community for sustained support and long-term cooperation,” said Eklil Hakemi, finance minister.
Hakimi noted that the $ 15 billion aid by the international community to Afghanistan was more than expected, but it was made conditional to the fulfilling all commitments by the government.
“Fortunately, we received aids more than we expected which it can provide the financial need of the government until 2020. This is a big achievement for our government,” Hakemi added.
In the meantime, the second deputy speaker of parliament praised global assistances to Afghanistan, and emphasized that the government should make further efforts to gain more assistances.
“We welcome the international aids to Afghanistan, but we are demanding for further efforts to gain aids that Afghanistan can reach to self-sufficiency,” said Nematullah Ghafari, parliament’s second deputy speaker.
But, a number of parliament members have declared that spending aid money will face challenges if the corruption not prevented in the country.
Previously, International donors have pledged $15.2bn (€13.5bn ; £11.9bn) in aid to help Afghanistan until 2020 in the Brussels summit.
Despite such largesse, Afghanistan is required to sign up to a host of political, economic and social reforms in return for the money. Most contentious, the European Union wants Kabul to take back its nationals who are not considered refugees, although EU donor money is not linked to such demands.
The recent diplomatic success of Afghanistan after the Brussels summit was the signing of a peace accord with the Islamic organisation Hezb-i-Islami, led by former premier Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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