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Efforts Underway to Finalize Lajaward Transit Road Agreement: MTCA
Officials in Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MTCA) have said that serious efforts are underway since two years ago to help Afghanistan to be connected with other countries by roads; Citing achievements obtained and the Lajaward Transit Road Agreement will be finalized in the near future.
Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation Spokesman Hekmatullah Quianch said, “Efforts are underway to help Afghanistan’s transportation come out of the current situation, we will soon finalize the Lajaward Transit Road Agreement connect Afghanistan with the other countries.”
Under the agreement, Afghanistan will be connected to Europe through Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey.
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey are situated along the Azure Transit Road. All these countries have robust roads and railways for transit, which will be effective for the early execution of the project.
Meanwhile Officials in Afghanistan Independent Civil Aviation Authority claimed that four billion Afghanis gained from the income of building of airports in Afghanistan.
“We mostly focused to expand the construction of the International airports in Afghanistan, like Kabul, Heart, Kandahar and Balkh provinces, in addition efforts launched to build airports in other provinces.” Afghanistan Independent Civil Aviation Authority Spokesman Mohammad Qasim Rahimi said.
Based on the estimation of the ARAZI Afghanistan Independent Land Authority, around 1, 3 million acres of lands have been grabbed, but the organization insisted over presenting two strategic plans to resolve the issue.
The ARAZI Afghanistan Independent Land Authority Spokesman Hussein Rahimi said, “We will present two strategic plans for five years to prevent land grabbing, restitution of seized lands across the country, political wills and work are underway to solve the issue.”
Afghan officials have repeatedly informed of illegal land grabbing but they have not made any efforts regarding to this issue.
Earlier, the national and international watchdogs accused the Afghan government of failing to restitute the grabbed lands back to the Government control.
Reported by: Lida Naizi
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Azizi calls on Malaysian investors to invest in Afghanistan
Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, defense and interior of Malaysia, along with other senior officials, on Wednesday and called on Malaysians to invest in Afghanistan.
The visiting delegation is being led by senior diplomat Dr. Shazelina Zainul Abidin.
According to the IEA’s foreign ministry, the two sides discussed bilateral trade, holding a business communication conference to strengthen trade relations between the two countries, the trade balance between Afghanistan and Malaysia, and creating a market for Afghan products, including carpets, cotton, and minerals.
According to the ministry, at the end of the meeting, the Acting Minister emphasized the increase of investment from regional countries in Afghanistan and called on Malaysian investors to also invest in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan starts exporting via railway to Turkey
The Ministry of Interior says that Afghanistan has started exporting goods to Turkey via the Herat-Khaf railway line.
In a post on X, the ministry said: “Afghanistan’s exports to Turkey started in a calm atmosphere through the Herat-Khaf railway line.”
The ministry added that one train will run daily for a month and then two trains will run daily.
According to the ministry, the security of Khaf-Herat railway line is provided by the guards of the National Public Protection Agency.
Khaf-Herat railway project not only connects Iran and Afghanistan by rail, but also completes a 2,000-kilometer route along the east-west rail corridor from China, through Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan, to Iran, and on to Turkey and Europe.
As a landlocked country, this railway network will provide a safe route to connect with Europe via Iran’s railway network and Iran’s southern ports.
This railway line is strategic for trade between Iran and Afghanistan and will allow six million tons of goods to be sent between the two countries.
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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan to hold joint expo in Kabul
A joint expo between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be held in Kabul in the next four days, officials said on Sunday.
Officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that the two-day expo will be held for the purpose of expanding and strengthening trade relations between the two countries.
“This expo will be held as a follow-up of the Kazakh-Afghan international expo, which was held in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan, with the participation of a large delegation of the government and the private sector of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Abdulsalam Javad Akhundzadeh, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said.
“At this expo, domestic products from different sectors of Afghanistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan will be put on display for two days.”
According to officials, 40 large Kazakh companies, and 40 large Afghan companies will exhibit their products.
Mohammad Saber Latifi, head of the Afghanistan International Expo Center, said that fruits, minerals and commercial services will be displayed at the expo.
During the expo, various memorandums of understanding for the trade of goods are also expected to be signed by companies.
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