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Afghan refugees are not a security challenge: Iran
Iran’s interior minister has said that more than five million Afghan refugees who are currently residing in Iran are not a security challenge for Tehran.
“The security institutions have their own controls and supervision, but managing refugees needs more supervision, and we hope that the national refugees organization that we have proposed will be approved in the parliament because we need a stronger structure,” Ahamd Wahidi told ISNA news agency.
In response to the question of whether this number of Afghan refugees may pose a security challenge for Iran, Wahidi said: "No, of course there may be security problems in any community, but in general the intelligence agencies have not given us such a report. And if there is a report, it will be addressed and dealt with.”
In other news, Iranian authorities have announced that they have returned nearly 18,000 Afghan citizens to their country in the last 10 days.
The border guard commander of Iran's Razavi Khorsan province said that this number of "illegal" immigrants were handed over to the Afghan authorities through the Dogharun border.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Mahdi Jawanmard Qasab, the adviser to the Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs, said that Afghans have invested about $150 million in Iran in the last four months, which is a very good figure compared to previous years.
In an interview with Bazaar media outlet, Jawanmard Qasab said that these investments were made in various sectors, including agriculture, industry and construction.
Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Chief of the Army Staff of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said that studying medicine is necessary as people need both male and female doctors.
Fitrat said this in a conference at the Armed Forces Academy of Medical Sciences in Kabul.
The statement comes amid reports that the leader of the Islamic Emirate has decided to close medical institutes to girls across the country.
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation announced on Thursday that it suspended two transportation companies following deadly traffic accidents on Kabul-Kandahar highway.
Recently, two traffic accidents on the highway in Ghazni province left more than 50 people dead and scores injured.
The Ministry of Transport and Aviation said in a statement that the companies involved have been suspended and a joint technical team has been dispatched to the scene to investigate.
Domestic and foreign investors are showing an increased interest in investing in the electricity-producing sector in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Energy and Water says.
According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Energy and Water, Matiullah Abid, keen interest has been shown by investors from Turkey, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and China.
Afghanistan currently produces only 20% of its energy needs, while 80% of its electricity is imported from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran at a cost of about $300 million a year.
Since regaining control of the country in August 2021, the Islamic Emirate has made it a priority to encourage domestic production of power.
Omar has met with potential investors on numerous occasions and has encouraged them to invest in the sector.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) this week announced it had signed a contract for the purchase of electricity from Uzbekistan for the year 2025.
This agreement was signed in Tashkent by DABS CEO Abdul Bari Omari.
Late last month, Tajikistan's national electric power company, Barqi Tojik, and DABS signed a similar agreement for 2025.
According to Barqi Tojik's press secretary, Kurbon Ahmadzoda, the agreement is expected to be extended annually until 2028.
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