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Mps criticized redirection of TUTAP project

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8 years ago

May 4, 2016

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Scores of Afghan law makers in the lower house of the parliament have criticized the Government of Afghanistan for redirecting the TUTAP project, insisting Government should be benefited significantly from the following big projects.

However some members of the parliament are optimistic on the implementation of the following project through Salang pass and 12 southern provinces will be benefited.

The following imported electricity project provides benefits for Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Currently, the TUTAP project faces problems due to its transmission route, which was earlier agreed upon a survey conducted by a German company to pass through central provinces of the country, including Samangan and Bamyan which has been also called the cheapest route, but recently the line has been changed to cross through ‘Salang Pass’

Moreover, on the basis of Afghan government’s proposal, a 500 KW power transmission line would also connect Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.

“The line would have capacity of more than 1000 megawatt of electricity, But it depends upon us to what extent we need energy so that to be transmitted”, Azimi said, adding that in the first year, 300 megawatt of electricity would be purchased from Turkmenistan and then it would be extended to 600 MW and finally would reach to maximum of capacity which is 1000 MW.

Mp Ghulam Hussien Nassiri said,” the decision on power transmission from Salang Pass is against the National interests, questioning the decision why should the central provinces be ignored.”

“National decision should be made on National project, we need to avoid any private decision on redirection of the TUTAP project Nadirsha Bahar Mp said,”

Speaker of the lower house of the parliament, Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi has tasked the special committee for telecommunication to clear the following issue, and mark the major reasons.

Concerns remain and Nation will be waiting for the final decision of the National Unity Government on the redirection of the following project.

Reported by Rafi Sediqee

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

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2 days 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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4 days ago

April 15, 2024

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(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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6 days ago

April 13, 2024

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(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.