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Moi receives orders to root up Taliban income sources

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8 years ago

June 8, 2016

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Afghanistan National Security Council has ordered Ministry of Interior affairs to its forces to root up all the Taliban income sources, since Afghanistan mines are counted as the biggest financial supports for Taliban.

Ministry of Interior Affairs Spokesman has stated that Taliban are trying to have influence on those provinces where mines are counted good financial sources.

Meanwhile officials in Ministry of mine and petroleum have confirmed the report released over the mines of Afghanistan by the International NGO called Global.

Global witness has published a report over the Afghanistan mining condition saying Taliban are the one who benefit the most from the excavation of mines in the country.

Ministry of interior affairs Spokesman Sediq Sediqee said,” Afghanistan Security council has ordered all the Afghanistan security forces to root up the financial sources of Taliban, our enemies are trying to get fed out of the mines.”

Ministry of mine and petroleum Spokesman Muhuddin Noori said,” Mines are illegally excavated and its money is taken abroad, we want the law to be implemented and those who are illegally excavating the mines to be executed, we do confirm the reports over lazuli mine are excavated in Badakhshan province.”

Officials in Afghanistan integrity watch expressed concerns over accessing Taliban in Afghanistan mines, blaming members of the National council and Governmental figures on having hands in illegal excavation of the mines in the country.

Afghanistan integrity watch member Asadullah Zemaray said,” This is big issue and the Government should act immediately, the following process is supported by Mafia.”

Afghanistan mine values reaches up to $ 3 Trillion dollars , but the Global witness findings indicate that Taliban income from the lazuli mine is equal to Afghanistan incomes from all mines within the country.

Reported by Fawad Nassiri

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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

Ariana News

(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.

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Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC

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6 days ago

April 13, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 13, 2024)

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) says Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in 45 sectors and the production of 133 items, and that the ministry is striving to change Afghanistan from an importing country to an exporting one.

The ministry officials said that for this purpose, supporting domestic products and attracting investment is essential.

The ministry’s spokesman Abdul Salam Jawad Akhundzada emphasized increasing the use of domestic goods and products in government and national projects and added that efforts have also begun to find a market for domestic products inside and outside the country.

“We have reached self-sufficiency in 133 items of production, which is 45 sectors, and also we reached the capacity of semi-self-sufficiency in 95 items of production, which is 27 sectors,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines (ACIM) says over the past two and a half years, more attention has been paid to the development of domestic production and it is also expanding.

The chamber officials stressed expanding the culture of using domestic products in government projects.

“I think that the government is one of the biggest consumers in the market if it uses domestic products in all its development projects,” said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, a member of ACIM.

Economic experts also said that if the use of domestic products in government projects increases, Afghanistan will quickly move towards economic independence.