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Mps criticized redirection of TUTAP project
Scores of Afghan law makers in the lower house of the parliament have criticized the Government of Afghanistan for redirecting the TUTAP project, insisting Government should be benefited significantly from the following big projects.
However some members of the parliament are optimistic on the implementation of the following project through Salang pass and 12 southern provinces will be benefited.
The following imported electricity project provides benefits for Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Currently, the TUTAP project faces problems due to its transmission route, which was earlier agreed upon a survey conducted by a German company to pass through central provinces of the country, including Samangan and Bamyan which has been also called the cheapest route, but recently the line has been changed to cross through ‘Salang Pass’
Moreover, on the basis of Afghan government’s proposal, a 500 KW power transmission line would also connect Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
“The line would have capacity of more than 1000 megawatt of electricity, But it depends upon us to what extent we need energy so that to be transmitted”, Azimi said, adding that in the first year, 300 megawatt of electricity would be purchased from Turkmenistan and then it would be extended to 600 MW and finally would reach to maximum of capacity which is 1000 MW.
Mp Ghulam Hussien Nassiri said,” the decision on power transmission from Salang Pass is against the National interests, questioning the decision why should the central provinces be ignored.”
“National decision should be made on National project, we need to avoid any private decision on redirection of the TUTAP project Nadirsha Bahar Mp said,”
Speaker of the lower house of the parliament, Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi has tasked the special committee for telecommunication to clear the following issue, and mark the major reasons.
Concerns remain and Nation will be waiting for the final decision of the National Unity Government on the redirection of the following project.
Reported by Rafi Sediqee
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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