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Afghanistan to be self-sufficient: Arghandiwal
Minister of Economy of Afghanistan Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal has presented the five years report on Afghanistan National Development Strategy for donors countries participated in gathering on Sunday.
He said,” if the existed mines in the heart of Afghanistan to be extracted and well managed for coming ten years Afghanistan will be self-sufficient.”
He also demanded the donor countries to continue to their assistance for Afghanistan.
The following strategy has been categorized into three parts Security, Governance, and sovereignty of the law, eight main sectors,and seventeen sub-sector six crosscutting issues.
Despite of a lot of challenges and little opportunities 66% of the Afghanistan National development strategy has been implemented claimed Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal.
Officials in Ministry of Economy have also claimed that 42% of people had been living under the poverty line but this number decreased into 36% after five years of the strategy was implemented.
Meanwhile the special envoy from United Nations to Afghanistan Mark Bowden has declared the report satisfactory also said,” this will strengthen the relationships of Afghanistan with International community.”
The following strategy is led by the high monitoring committee which includes Ministers of Economy, Justice, Education, Commerce industry, and the National security advisor who had been assigned by the President of Afghanistan.
Ehsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Badakhshan Provincial Police Command, said that 12 people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a traffic accident in Arghanjkhwah district of the province.
Kamgar added that the incident occurred at noon on Saturday in the Samdar area of Arghanjkhwah district.
According to him, the victims include men, women and children.
He explained that the incident happened when a Flancoach -type vehicle veered off the road due to poor road conditions and plunged into a ravine.
The injured were transferred to health centers for treatment, and the condition of some of them has been reported as critical.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has approved a plan to grant foreign investors residency permits ranging from one to ten years in exchange for investment in the country.
The decision was endorsed during a regular meeting of the Economic Commission, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
According to a statement from the deputy PM’s office, a designated committee has been tasked with determining the length of residency based on the volume of investment, which will be categorized under specific criteria.
The Ministry of Interior has announced the delivery of several new, modern cars to the General Directorate of Traffic Police, replacing the older fleet that consisted mostly of trucks.
According to a ministry statement, the new vehicles, equipped with special traffic police colors, markings, and modern equipment, are expected to play a key role in maintaining traffic order in cities and on main roads, preventing accidents, and providing faster services to the public.
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