The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has removed Shahabuddn Delawar from the post of acting minister of mines and petroleum and replaced him with acting governor of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Hedayatullah Badri.

The appointment was announced Saturday on X by IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Delawar has been moved to the post of acting head of Afghan Red Crescent Society, replacing Matiulhaq Khalis who will now act as the head of National Environmental Protection Agency.

DAB’s Deputy Governor Noor Ahmad Agha has been promoted to the top post in the bank.

The newly announced appointments included also Nooruddin Turabi, former deputy chief of Afghan Red Crescent Society, as the new acting head of National Disaster Management Authority.

Former deputy minister of industry and commerce, Qudratullah Jamal, has been appointed as the new deputy minister of information and culture for financial and administrative affairs.

Ahmadullah Zahid, former acting director of counter corruption of intelligence agency, has been appointed as the new deputy minister of commerce and industry.

Aziz-ur-Rahman, former acting head of National Environmental Protection Agency, has been appointed as deputy head of Afghan Red Crescent Society.

Saduddin Saeed, former deputy minister of information and culture for financial and administrative affairs, has been appointed as deputy head of National Environmental Protection Agency for financial and administrative affairs.

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi after returning from Uzbekistan on Saturday said that his trip to Tashkent was different and that the trust of neighboring countries, especially Central Asian nations in Afghanistan’s economy has increased.

“We had previous trips to Uzbekistan, but in reality, this time was different. The difference was that neighboring countries, especially Central Asian countries, now have more faith in Afghanistan’s production, economy and trade,” said Azizi.

Azizi, who led a delegation, left Kabul four days ago to participate in a joint international expo of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

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Nangarhar Customs officials say the volume of imports from Pakistan has decreased and that Afghanistan’s exports have increased.

They said that Pakistan always creates problems in the process of exports and imports, therefore, Kabul has no choice but to use alternative ways to import goods, and this has caused the volume of imports from Pakistan to decrease.

“Traders mostly import their goods from Chabahar port. Imports from Pakistan have decreased, but our exports have increased,” said Mohammad Khalid Omar, head of Nangarhar Customs.

Khalid Omar, however, stressed that the decrease in imports and increase in exports has not caused a change in Nangarhar customs revenue.

Meanwhile, the drop in imports from Pakistan has caused the business of some drivers who work on the Torkham-Kabul route to decrease.

The decline in imports from Pakistan has caused the work of some drivers who work on the Torkham-Kabul route to decrease.

“I used to commute three times a month, now once,” a truck driver said.

A number of businessmen, however, said that export and import problems should be resolved through dialogue with Pakistan.

Economic experts also said that Pakistan always breaks its commitments and unilaterally raises tariffs on Afghanistan’s export goods, and this causes traders to suffer huge financial losses from time to time.

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