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Senator optimistic on opening TAPI Gas pipeline project
A number of senators in the upper house of the parliament are optimistic over the opening of the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India TAPI joint Gas project for boosting economy and ensuring security in Afghanistan and the region.
They have also declared the President presence in Turkmenistan on the inauguration of the following project positive and profitable, they have urged that the gas pipeline will open a new chapter not only for Afghanistan but for the regional countries benefiting the gas.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has gone to Turkmenistan to join the inauguration of the following gas pipeline called TAPI.
First deputy of the upper house Mohammad Alim Izadyar said,” the economy of four countries are knotted with following gas pipeline, it will open new chapter of joint cooperation for boosting economy, and this will also convince others that peace and stability of Afghanistan is vital to them.”
Senator Anarkali Hunaryar said,” its very important project, this will create 7000 jobs opportunities,we do support it.”
Some of the senators in the house have criticized the president Ghani who couldn’t explain the Afghan Nation issues to Pakistani counterpart while he had attended the heart of Asia conference held in Islamabad.
President during his visit to Turkmenistan mentioned that Turkmenistan is our good neighboring country,which export Gas to Afghanistan not like other neighboring country sending terrorists, I wish he had told this message to Pakistani officials while he was in Pakistan Zalmay Zabuli hoped.
Once again senators have demanded the Afghanistan Government to have baby step towards Pakistan promises and commitments for Afghanistan, experiences indicated that they have never been faithful against Afghanistan peace and stability.
Reported by AbdulAziz Karimi
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”
These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.
To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.
These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.
In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.
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.
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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