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No Options Exist but Reformation: Ghani

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8 years ago

September 4, 2016

(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

Afghanistan’s President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said no option remains but reformation, insisting that Terrorism threats doesn’t have to be counted as an excuse for not launching reformation, once again he promised Afghans and International community for implementing reformation and combating against corruption seriously in his Government.

Further he has warned that I will not allow any groups or individuals to disrupt the reformation process in Afghanistan.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during his visit with the representatives of the donor’s countries on special joint coordination and monitoring board meeting for Brussels summit in Kabul that serious combat against corruption are underway.

He said,”We promised that we would end corruption that violates our deepest spiritual values the soul of our Nation, We promised that we would build the society based on law and justice, not on power and guns, we set that we would educate and employ the next generation of Afghanistan so that they would not have to live in poverty and pain that has been the daily life of so many millions of our people.”

We promised to bring them hope before we begin

President Ghani still declares combating poverty is one of my Government priorities saying that 60 percent of Afghans find foods twice in 24 hours.

“Afghans want change, Terrorism war and bloodshed are the unfortunate of facts in Afghanistan today, we will remain a constant threat but Government must fight against terrorism but we cannot use the threat of Terror as an excuse to avoid making the reforms and designing the programs that finally bring to an end the poverty exclusion and marginalization President Ghani said.”

Meanwhile Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has urged that Afghan leaders will attend Brussels summit with comprehensive plan, and will demand the International community to help Afghanistan meet its long term goals.

“I as chief executive of the National Unity Government is committed to implement the commitments we gave to people, reformation will be launched and will not allow any groups to disrupt the process, we must not forget the National Unity Government political agreement has clearly determined goals for launching reformation, no success will be made unless reformation is taken place CE Abdullah Abdullah said.”

Brussels summit will take place on October 2016 where 50 countries representatives and 40 International organizations will attend, and NATO member countries will also decide about the financial supports to Afghanistan.

Reported by Fawad Nassiri

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

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1 day 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

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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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5 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.