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Concerns in rise on Kandahar- Kabul highway condition :MoPI

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8 years ago

June 28, 2016

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Officials in Ministry of Public interests have expressed their concerns over the worsening condition of the Kandahar-Kabul high way, saying there is no budget allocated for the repairing of the roads.

Meanwhile experts have declared different reasons for the worsening condition of the Kandahar- Kabul Highway, overloading of the beast trucks, road mines, no maintenances.

Kandahar- Kabul highway is one of the most important business routes for Afghanistan, due to different factors about 492 kilo meters of the following highway is being destructed, it was built on 2004 by the cooperation of USA-Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Ministry of Public interests Spokesman Mahdi Rohani said,” We are concerned over the worsening condition of the Kandahar-Kabul highway, efforts are underway to repair the roads, $ 26 million dollar has been allocated on reconstruction of the following roads, when we access that the practical work will begin.”

Experts accused officials in Ministry of Public interests on poor monitoring of the asphalts.

Economy expert Shabeer Basheer said,” Roads are the National investments of the country, officials in Ministry of public interests should immediately take action on its reconstruction.”

Passengers who are using those routes are complaining from the ruined roads.

One of the passengers said,” Overloaded trucks have caused the roads to be destructed.”

From Kandahar to Kabul there are 260 bridges built where they were destroyed by the Taliban but reconstructed.

Reported by Aslam Hejaab

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Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402

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21 hours ago

April 17, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 17, 2024)

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.

This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.

Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.

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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat

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3 days ago

April 15, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 15, 2024)

The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.

According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.

The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.

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Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC

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5 days ago

April 13, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 13, 2024)

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items, and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.

The ministry officials said that for this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.

The ministry’s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.

“We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45 sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic production and it is also expanding.

The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government projects.

“I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development projects,” said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.

Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.