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Balkh creates grain bank for first time
Balkh officials say a grain bank has been created in the province for the first time and has provided many opportunities for traders as they can use this facility to buy or sell flour and other grains.
Local officials said that the goal of establishing this bank is to prevent price hikes and hoarding.
“Creating such commercial markets is a window of hope for people,” said Asadullah Asadi, head of Balkh Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
“It is the first time in the country that a standard grain bank is opened here. Fortunately, it has profits for our businessmen and also for our nation because here the price is controlled and the quality is controlled,” said the manager of a market in Balkh.
Meanwhile, a number of investors in Balkh emphasize the need for security for businessmen, saying that the interest in investing inside the country has increased.
“The best blessing of Allah is security; we are grateful to the officials of the Islamic Emirate that our security is better, and we ask the Islamic Emirate to pay more attention to this matter,” said Yusof Shahbaz, the head of Balkh Grain Union.
“As long as the government does not cooperate, the businessman cannot act independently. For example, the government should provide simplicity in the produce sector and in the tax,” said an investor.
The local officials of Balkh have assured people that they will protect the "lives and property" of the traders and asked investors to invest in the country.
“We are proud that we have projects, security and management in Balkh province,” said Noorulhadi Abu Idris, deputy governor of Balkh.
The grain bank has been established in Balkh province in the hope that Afghanistan will become self-sufficient in grain production by using the Qosh Tepa canal and eventually export wheat.
Germany is working hard to deport more Afghan criminals, said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in Berlin on Thursday, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack.
"We are the only country in Europe to have deported serious criminals back to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban rule. And I would like to make it very clear that we are working hard to deport further criminals to Afghanistan," said Faeser.
The interior minister also took aim at the EU's Dublin rules, under which someone's asylum application has to be processed in their first country of arrival.
The suspected attacker in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg had come to Germany via Bulgaria.
"We are already seeing once again that the Dublin system no longer works," said Faeser.
Acting Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid on Thursday met with Mirdef Alqashouti, the Chargé d'Affaires of Qatar for Kabul, and described Qatar as a "friend and partner" of Afghanistan.
Enayatullah Khwarizmi, the spokesman for the ministry, said in a statement that Mujahid emphasized the importance of strengthening relations with Qatar.
Mujahid also expressed gratitude for Qatar's long-standing assistance and cooperation with the people of Afghanistan.
The statement added that the two sides discussed further cooperation in areas such as economic relations, trade, strengthening bilateral ties between Kabul and Doha, and other related issues.
On Wednesday, Yaqoob Mujahid also met with Faisal bin Talq al-Buqami, the Saudi Ambassador to Kabul, and stressed Riyadh's commitment to expanding economic, political, and humanitarian cooperation with Afghanistan.
China said Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack.
“The Chinese side urgently lodged solemn representations with the Afghan side, demanding that (they) thoroughly investigate and punish the perpetrators,” China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said, AFP reported.
“China is deeply shocked by the attack, strongly condemns it and expresses condolences to the victims,” Mao said.
Takhar police said Wednesday a Chinese national was killed by unknown gunmen in Takhar Province on Tuesday night.
Provincial police spokesman, Mohammad Akbar Haqqani, said that the man was travelling without informing security officials.
Haqqani said Wednesday that police had launched an investigation.
Daesh has since claimed responsibility for the shooting.
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