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Brussels Conference Kicks off for Afghanistan Stability
Brussels conference on Afghanistan was held in Belgium where 100 country representatives, International Organizations have pledged $ 3,5 billion their financial aids for Afghanistan up to 2020.
In the conference Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” combating corruption is our priority, corrupted figures will not have posts within the Afghan Government.”
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” Our firm believes that we can come over the past in our culture hospitality and friendship, You distinguished leaders of the International community have been our friends in the font of hope for the people, The International community offered our people a end to help lift us from the years of war fair poverty and quality, in a country that earns for its children to be educated, you have built schools, where life’s were filled with trauma, diseases and heartily deaths you have built clinics training our nurses and doctors.”
Mr. Ghani had entitled poverty as the huge challenge within his Government, appreciating the International community for their contribution on improving of the Afghan life
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” One of the regular challenge is poverty, as 39 percent of Afghans are earning lower one US dollar, this indicates that they eat two times in 24 hours, I really appreciate the International community contribution for Afghans, removing of poverty is one of our priorities.”
He went on and insisted that tackling corruption is the priority program, and efforts are underway against it.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said,” in London conference we had announced to establish Center of justice-Judicial combating corruption, I m not only pleased that was inaugurated but it began practical activities, one top officials in Ministry of Interior affairs who demanded $ 150 thousand dollar was arrested and executed publically.”
“ Our problem is corruption and who commits it, Terrorism doesn’t know borders, there is no difference between good and bad terrorists, the roots of problems in Afghanistan is coming from the regional countries, we are committed to unity, and negotiation, Afghans can do peace, we need to bring our troops together and move forward to fight against terrorism President Ghani in his statement on Brussels conference said,”
International community in Brussels conference have committed $ 3,5 billion for Afghanistan up to 2020 which will be spent on combating corruption, good Governance, equal growth, holding Election, improving of Women life and civil society.
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.
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.
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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