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[00:01:27] in the past five years and the five-year outlook. It is of particular
[00:01:31] importance during this period to expand
[00:01:34] economic relations with regional countries and beyond,
[00:01:37] efforts to implement large projects
[00:01:40] within the development of transit routes and
[00:01:44] connecting Afghanistan to the regional
[00:01:48] economy, increasing domestic production and strengthening the banking,
[00:01:51] agriculture and mining sectors have been at the core of economic
[00:01:55] policies, and this path continues to this day.
[00:01:59] Several things. In the past five years, how much has the economic-oriented
[00:02:03] policy of the Islamic Emirate been able to provide
[00:02:06] the groundwork for growth, production, investment, and
[00:02:09] improving people's livelihoods, and ultimately
[00:02:13] for maintaining economic stability and
[00:02:16] transforming Afghanistan into a country connected to regional
[00:02:20] and global markets, what should be the most important
[00:02:23] priorities and future plans to make the most of
[00:02:27] this path and these programs in the next five years?
[00:02:30] These issues will be discussed here in the program. We are here in the studio
[00:02:34] with Mr. Mohammad
[00:02:37] Tawoos Farzad, an expert on economic issues, who is with us here in the studio.
[00:02:40] Mr. Farzad, welcome to the program, and thank
[00:02:44] you for your efforts. First, we would like to hear your analysis and evaluation
[00:02:48] of Afghanistan's five-year path in economic matters. We will talk
[00:02:51] more and more
[00:02:54] about these issues. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Greetings, Mr. Ibrahimi,
[00:02:58] technical colleagues and attendees.
[00:03:38] or the conquest happened, all international and foreign aid was
[00:03:41] suddenly stopped. Currently, only humanitarian
[00:03:45] aid is provided, and also, the banking
[00:03:49] reserves or the banking support of Afghanistan, which was outside
[00:03:52] Afghanistan, was frozen in banks, and also
[00:03:56] other institutions and organizations left Afghanistan.
[00:04:00] Unfortunately, in the beginning, we were facing
[00:04:03] economic problems, but the Islamic Emirate
[00:04:07] of Afghanistan was able to prevent the economic collapse
[00:04:10] with its policy and management and to preserve
[00:04:14] the economic situation of Afghanistan.
[00:04:17] This means that currently, all of Afghanistan's
[00:04:21] budget is financed through
[00:04:23] Afghanistan's domestic resources, and not a single
[00:04:27] dollar of foreign aid currently plays a role in financing
[00:04:31] Afghanistan's budget. All of Afghanistan's budget
[00:04:34] is currently collected from domestic resources, such as revenues,
[00:04:37] customs, Afghanistan's mines, or other sectors,
[00:04:41] and Afghanistan's budget is financed, which was
[00:04:44] one of the great achievements, as previously half of Afghanistan's
[00:04:48] budget was financed through foreign aid. Currently, all of Afghanistan's
[00:04:51] budget is financed through
[00:04:53] its own domestic resources. Secondly, if we look,
[00:04:57] maintaining the stability of the Afghan
[00:05:01] currency was that before the conquest of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 1 dollar was traded
[00:05:04] for 80 Afghanis or 70 Afghanis, or even in the early days of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,
[00:05:08] 1 dollar was traded for more than 100 Afghanis.
[00:05:11] It was traded for more than 10 Afghanis.
[00:05:42] in all parts of Afghanistan, the Afghan currency
[00:05:45] was made common. This means that previously in provinces
[00:05:49] such as Jalalabad or for example,
[00:05:51] towards Herat or Kandahar, Helmand,
[00:05:55] in these provinces, other currencies of other countries were common or
[00:05:59] used in transactions, for example, Kaldar, Toman, or other
[00:06:02] currencies were used, which currently in all provinces of
[00:06:06] Afghanistan, only Afghan currency is used, and it was
[00:06:09] another achievement that was able to.
[00:06:42] They were allowed to take 5,000 dollars out
[00:06:46] of Afghanistan, which itself was able to help
[00:06:50] preserve money in
[00:06:52] Afghanistan, and in addition to the aid that
[00:06:56] is currently being provided, humanitarian aid must first be converted
[00:07:00] into Afghanis, and then the NGOs and institutions
[00:07:03] that exist can spend it.
[00:07:07] Foreigners are also obliged
[00:07:09] to first convert their money to Afghanis in the bank.
[00:12:55] billion was when the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came
[00:12:58] to power. It came to 14 billion, meaning that
[00:13:01] Afghanistan's economy reached 14 billion dollars.
[00:13:05] Finally, it started again. It went
[00:13:08] down a lot. It reached 14 billion. Finally, with the efforts that
[00:13:12] the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was able to make, different sectors,
[00:13:15] the mining sector, the agricultural sector, or whichever sector it was, showed their activity,
[00:13:19] and finally, the GDP of Afghanistan reached
[00:13:22] 19 or 20 billion dollars again. And also,
[00:13:26] the per capita income of individuals, which
[00:13:30] in 2012, I think,
[00:13:33] had reached 800 dollars, then came down, and when
[00:13:37] the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came to power, I think it reached
[00:13:40] 30 dollars. Now it is on the rise,
[00:13:43] meaning it is going up. We think that the per capita
[00:13:47] income of individuals is up to 500 dollars. This
[00:13:51] means that different sectors, the agricultural sector, were doing very well.
[00:17:37] The people of Afghanistan had. You took it from regional countries in economic matters.
[00:17:41] Yes, look, Mr. Ibrahim, we had
[00:17:44] less than one billion in exports. Now, praise be to God, our exports
[00:17:48] have reached two billion dollars. That is, in total,
[00:17:51] Afghanistan's total trade is 13 billion
[00:17:55] dollars, of which a large part is imports,
[00:17:58] our imports are 11 billion dollars, and our exports are two billion
[00:18:02] dollars. Look, when the roads were closed
[00:18:05] with Pakistan, we were able
[00:18:11] to have a good trade with Iran,
[00:18:14] although one country has not been for the benefit of Afghanistan
[00:18:17] for many years. Iran has been a country that
[00:18:21] in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and in the security and cultural
[00:18:24] affairs of Afghanistan, they may not have done worthy
[00:18:28] work, but we were able to have a good trade with Iran
[00:18:31] when there was a war between Iran
[00:18:35] and America and Israel,
[00:18:50] we invite Afghanistan to invest. Also,
[00:18:54] with Asian countries, the economic situation is very
[00:18:57] good, and with each passing day, we can see that our economy,
[00:19:01] praise be to God, is growing. This means
[00:19:04] that it is one billion and something.
[00:19:19] Afghanistan, what we are aware of and what analysts have said many
[00:19:23] times in the program and what economic analysts have said is that Afghanistan, as
[00:19:27] a transit center, at least has the status of a regional transit center. In addition to the economic
[00:19:30] crossroads of Afghanistan
[00:19:33] for the region and other countries beyond that,
[00:19:36] it is a very important factor and a very big achievement for
[00:19:40] Afghanistan that regional countries and also foreign countries
[00:19:44] and beyond can make good use of this
[00:19:47] geographical region. In this
[00:19:50] regard, how much work has been done at least in the five-year path,
[00:19:53] that status that Afghanistan has had for many, many years,
[00:19:57] the historical status that it will be an economic and transit crossroads of the region.
[00:20:01] How much attention has been paid to this, and where have we reached? Yes, Mr.
[00:20:05] Ibrahim,
[00:23:00] possible challenges may arise along the way, and what are the ways to turn these challenges
[00:23:04] into opportunities? I think one of the problems is that
[00:23:07] Pakistan should be convinced of this, because of the large projects
[00:23:11] that we see that pass from Central Asia through Afghanistan to
[00:23:14] Pakistan or from there to India, for example, if
[00:23:18] it is the TAPI project or the project.
[00:30:30] is important for Afghans.
[00:30:56] The youth also demanded this.