Hedayatullah Badri, the newly appointed acting minister of mines and petroleum, on Tuesday called on domestic and foreign businessmen to invest in the country’s mining sector.

Badri said this during a ceremony to officially take over as the acting minister of mines and petroleum.

He also pledged to ensure transparency in the contract awarding process.

“We will attract domestic and foreign investments. We are seeking to process the minerals inside the country and prevent the export of raw materials. We make contracts with full transparency and increase our technical capacity,” Badri said.

Noorulhaq Anwar, the head of the Islamic Emirate’s General Directorate of Administrative Affairs, emphasized that reshuffles in government are common and will not create problems.

“According to Sharia, the appointing emir has his responsibilities, and those who are appointed also have their own responsibilities. Sharia has made its recommendations and instructions clear for both parties. The most important thing is that the emir observes all the criteria set by Sharia in his appointments, and whoever enters the structure is certainly qualified,” Anwar said.

Meanwhile, Shahabuddin Delawar, the former acting minister of mines and petroleum, also called the change in the government a principle and said that they are obligated to follow the leadership’s orders.

Delawar now serves as the acting head of Afghan Red Crescent Society.

“Everyone should be provided equally with the services of the Islamic system; however, priority should be given to those who have suffered a lot,” he said.

The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) removed Shahabuddn Delawar from the post of acting minister of mines and petroleum and replaced him with acting governor of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) Hedayatullah Badri.

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