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Bamiyan potato farmers appeal for help to store and sell their produce
Bamiyan potato farmers have called on the government to help develop and secure a stable market for their produce and to build more cold storage facilities for them.
According to the farmers, a shortage of cold storage units and the lack of a stable market has had a negative impact on them financially.
“We want markets, we want peace and we want employment,” a farmer said.
“People buy [potatoes] for 120 AFN ($1.34) to 150 AFN ($1.68) [per 7kg] in Mazar-e-Sharif; here it is available at 100 AFN ($1.1) or 90 AFN ($1),” another farmer added.
Bamiyan is Afghanistan’s largest potato-growing province, and produces around 300,000 tons of potatoes each year.
About 2,000 small and large storage facilities have been built to store potatoes over the past few years and these farmers supply about 50 percent of Afghanistan’s domestic demand.
About 80 percent of the people in Bamiyan are farmers, who mainly grow potatoes – which also make up a large part of Bamiyan residents’ diet.
Panjshir’s Parande hydropower dam has been fully completed and is now approaching the operational phase, officials announced on Saturday.
The spokesperson for the governor of Panjshir, Saifuddin Laton, said that for the first time, the province will benefit from electricity generated from its own water resources.
Laton added that the project was designed and implemented by Ukrainian electrical engineers in collaboration with the company Inter Global Middle East, at a cost of $7.6 million.
The dam is expected to have a generation capacity of four megawatts.
Noorullah Noori, the Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has called Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif a “mentally ill” person for threatening Afghanistan with attacks.
Speaking at a gathering, Noori asked Khawaja Asif to study history before making a decision.
He said: “Your history against Bangladesh and India is clear. Our history against Russia, America and Britain is clear. You judge.”
Pakistani officials have consistently claimed that attacks in the country are organized by militants in Afghanistan, a claim that the Islamic Emirate denies.
Pakistan carried out attacks in Kabul and Paktika about a month ago, which led to deadly clashes between the two sides.
The two sides have held three rounds of talks, but the talks have been inconclusive.
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