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Protestors demand redirection of imported power cable from Turkmenistan
Scores of political and social figures including law makers and professors in Kabul have staged protest demanding the redirection of the imported electricity cable from Turkmenistan.
Protestors have stated that no one can deal on redirection of the power cable going through Maidan Wardak, Bamyan , but officials in Afghanistan power department urged that redirection of the imported electricity through bamyan, Maidan Wardak is costly and lengthier one.
Afghanistan officials decided to change the direction of the imported electricity cable from Bamyan, Maidan Wardak to Salang, Parwan and then Kabul to light south part of Afghanistan, the following decision was criticized by hundreds of protestors in Kabul.
Porfessor Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi said,” there are 3 International documents existed on the following projects indicating the direction of the imported electricity cable to go by, in the part of the document shows that its possible if the following project to be implemented through Salang Pass.”
“ If the National Unity Government of Afghanistan which are led by Ghani and Abdullah doesn’t consider the Nation demand, we will change the International summit which will be held in Brussels into International summoning conference against incapable Government of Afghanistan Mp Ahmad Behzad said.”
Meanwhile Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Usmani during a conference said,” USA- Japan are the main financial supporters of the following 500 mega watt electricity coming from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, they have demanded the Afghan Government to redirect the electricity cable till the end of April 2016 , otherwise the following project will be postponed for 18 more months.”
Mr. Usmani also said,” that the direction of the imported electricity cable from Turkmenistan can’t be changed because the following 500 mega watt electricity will light about 12 Provinces in Afghanistan.”
“The decision was taken on 2013, but today’s session was to redirect the imported electricity cable Minister of Energy and Water Ali Ahmad Usmani said.”
Based on the estimation Afghanistan is one country full of sources for producing of electricity inside , but no proper plan and insecurity have caused that Afghan Government to pay high price and import electricity from neighboring countries.
Reported by Nabila Hafizi
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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