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India, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia facilitate major aid consignments to Afghanistan

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2 years ago

February 22, 2022

(Last Updated On: February 22, 2022)

The Afghan government has sent a convoy of 40 trucks overland to the Pakistan-India border to collect a shipment of wheat for Afghanistan from the Indian government, which is being sent in a bid to counter the crisis the country is facing.

The trucks will be loaded with the aid at the Wagah-Attari border crossing between Pakistan and India before returning overland through Pakistan to Afghanistan.

Punjab Province Home Department officials said the Interior Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have issued instructions to the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide foolproof security to shipments to avoid any mishap.

According to sources in the Punjab Home Department, the shipment of wheat from India will be handed over to Afghan officials on Tuesday at the border crossing.

At the same time, a total of 750 tons of emergency relief goods sent by charity train from Turkey to Afghanistan has been delivered to authorities in Kabul.

Co-ordinated by Turkey’s state-run Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) and with the support of Turkish NGOs, medical aid packages were delivered to the Afghanistan Public Health Ministry on Monday.

The aid packages include food, winter clothing, medical supplies, wheelchairs, toys, and health supplies.

A Turkish diplomat at their embassy in Kabul, Emre Manav, stated that the aid will be delivered to 34 provinces across Afghanistan as soon as possible, Turkey’s media reported.

Attending the handover ceremony along with Manav were the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Deputy Health Minister Habibullah Ahunzade and representatives of some Turkish institutions in Kabul.

In a speech, Manav said that as the Afghan people stood by Turkish people in the past, they stand with the Afghan people who need help now.

The train left Ankara on January 27 and entered Afghanistan on February 7.

Meanwhile a special flight carrying five tonnes of humanitarian relief from Malaysia left for Kabul on Tuesday.

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah was present to send off the humanitarian relief flight which left Malaysia with 12 volunteers on board.

“The flight will stopover at Hyderabad, India and Islamabad, Pakistan before continuing its journey to Kabul,” said Malaysia’s foreign ministry.

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Commerce ministry inks 10 MoUs to boost development of small and medium-sized businesses

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April 19, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 19, 2024)

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Thursday it has signed cooperation agreements with ten institutions to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, said: “In the implementation of projects, we must pay special attention to our activities and actions and try to make useful use of the projects according to the requirements and benefit the beneficiaries.”

These ten institutions are to present their projects, the total value of which is around over $1.1 million. The projects will be carried out in Kabul, Baghlan, Ghor, Herat, Logar, Nangarhar, Balkh, Badakhshan and Jawzjan provinces and provide direct jobs for about 1,000.

To date, the ministry has signed MoUs for 72 projects in total, collectively valued at about $53.6 million.

These agreements have been signed with domestic and foreign companies for the establishment of small and medium-sized businesses.

In accordance with the principles and laws of the Islamic Emirate and prioritizing the implementation of projects for immigrants and returnees and internally displaced people, the ministry said 635,865 people will benefit through jobs directly and over 4.3 million will benefit indirectly in 25 provinces once these projects are implemented.

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Export volume totals over $140 million in last month of 1402

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2 days ago

April 17, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 17, 2024)

The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) confirmed Tuesday that in the last month of solar year 1402, (March 2024) Afghanistan’s exports totaled $141.1 million and imports totaled $789.6 million.

This was down from $174 million for exports in the same period in 1401. However, imports increased by $99.2 million in 1402, up from $690.4 million.

Most exports in the last month of 1402 went to Pakistan, India and the United Arab Emirates, while in the last month of 1401 exports went to Pakistan, India and China.

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Afghanistan-Kazakhstan chamber of commerce opens in Herat

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4 days ago

April 15, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 15, 2024)

The Ministry of Interior said the governor of Herat province Islam Jar met with Alim Khan Yasin Gildaye, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Afghanistan, to discuss various issues around trade.

According to the ministry, the two sides discussed the expansion of trade facilities, increasing the volume of trade exchanges between traders of the two countries, reducing customs tariffs, solving the challenges of traders and issuing visas to them.

The Afghanistan-Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce has been opened in Herat in order to facilitate and increase trade between the two countries.