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Taliban cuts power supply cables in Baghlan,as offensive intensified
Officials in Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkit DABS have mentioned that Taliban have cut off power supply cable along a power providing station in Baghlan provinces early Tuesday night.
They have assured the Kabul residents if the security officials permit the DABS workers they will be able to fix and repair the power cables and power providing station within 8 hours,a request which was rejected by the officials in Ministry of defense saying no one will be allowed unless we finish our military operations launched some days ago.
Taliban have brought down a power cable located in Dandi Ghori district of Baghlan province,the following power cable was providing 280 mega watt of electricity from Uzbekistan to Afghanistan and for lighting Kabul city and sounding areas.
Head of publication Da Afghanistan Breshna Shekit Waheedullah Tauhidi said,” if the security officials do allow our workers ,they will be capable to fix the power shortages within 8 hours to extend power to Kabul city,saying this contrary to our National interests.”
Meanwhile Ministry of Defense spokesman Dawlat Waziri said,” we have launched a clearance military operation in Dandi Ghori district of Baghlan Province where Afghan National security forces have had significant achievements, we will continue to our mission unless we clear those areas out of insurgents.”
“We can’t accept this bloody act we never except this from any sides of the war, this is big betray to Afghan Nation specially Kabul residents Rohullah the resident of Kabul said.”
According to Tauhidi since the Kabul electricity was cut off, we have demanded 80 mega watt of power from Tajikistan,75 mega watt generator power,and 80 mega watt electricity has been ensured from Bandi Naghla dam to resolve the current situation.
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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