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[00:00:20] The occupation ended with the blood of Afghan martyrs,
[00:00:24] and independence was brought
[00:00:26] to our beloved country.
[00:04:05] Defending Islamic and national values, preserving
[00:04:09] independence, national sovereignty, territorial integrity,
[00:04:12] and ensuring better security is our national
[00:04:16] and Islamic responsibility.
[00:04:30] Independence, 24th of Asad, is a symbol of pride
[00:04:34] and solidarity of the Afghan nation.
[00:04:56] O brave Afghans, and my happiness,
[00:05:13] in the name of the great and exalted God, dear viewers, especially
[00:05:16] welcome to the Kawoosh program with me, Karimullah Ibrahimi.
[00:05:20] With the approaching 24th of Asad and the fifth
[00:05:23] anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Emirate, examining the economic
[00:05:27] path of Afghanistan in the past 5 years and the outlook
[00:05:30] for the next 5 years is of special importance.
[00:05:34] During this period, expanding economic
[00:05:37] relations with regional countries and beyond, efforts
[00:05:41] to implement large projects within the
[00:05:44] development of transit routes and connecting
[00:05:47] Afghanistan to the regional
[00:05:50] economy, increasing domestic production, and strengthening the
[00:05:53] banking, agriculture, and mining sectors have been at the forefront
[00:05:57] of economic policies, and this path continues
[00:06:01] to this day. How much has the economic
[00:06:05] policy of the Islamic Emirate been able to
[00:06:07] provide the conditions for the growth of production, investment,
[00:06:11] and improvement of people's livelihoods in the past 5 years?
[00:06:15] And finally, what should be the most
[00:06:18] important priorities and future plans for maintaining
[00:06:21] economic stability and transforming Afghanistan into a country connected
[00:06:24] to regional and global markets, so that these policies and programs
[00:06:28] can be used optimally in the next 5 years?
[00:06:32] We will discuss these issues here in the program.
[00:06:35] Stay with us here in Seydou with Mr. Mohammad
[00:06:39] Tavoos Farzad, an expert on economic issues who is here in
[00:07:42] All international and foreign aid was suspended.
[00:07:46] Currently, only humanitarian aid is being provided, and
[00:07:49] also, the banking reserves or the banking
[00:07:52] support of Afghanistan that we had outside Afghanistan were frozen
[00:07:56] in banks. Also, institutions
[00:08:00] and some other organizations left Afghanistan, which unfortunately
[00:08:03] in the early days, we faced economic problems.
[00:08:07] But the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was able to overcome
[00:08:11] them with its policy and cooperation.
[00:10:25] In Afghanistan, any transaction that takes place, monetary
[00:10:28] and economic transactions, all take place with Afghan currency.
[00:10:32] Another issue was that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
[00:10:36] did not allow the dollar to leave Afghanistan.
[00:10:39] For example, they restricted the dollar so that
[00:10:43] anyone leaving Afghanistan was allowed to take up to $5,000
[00:10:46] out of Afghanistan, which itself
[00:10:49] helped to preserve money
[00:10:52] in Afghanistan.
[00:17:37] So, it came down. When the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came to power,
[00:17:41] I think it reached up to $30. Then it's on the rise.
[00:17:45] That means it's going up. We, I think,
[00:17:49] will reach up to $500. individuals.
[00:17:52] This means that various sectors, including the agricultural sector,
[00:17:55] have seen very good work. We see that our mineral sector,
[00:17:59] our minerals, are being contracted out.
[00:18:02] For example, hundreds of small
[00:18:05] and large mines have been contracted out.
[00:21:50] Our exports have reached 2 billion dollars. This means that
[00:21:53] the total trade of Afghanistan is 13 billion dollars,
[00:21:57] of which a large part is imports, which
[00:22:00] is 11 billion dollars of our imports and 2 billion dollars of our exports.
[00:22:04] Look, when the roads to Pakistan were closed,
[00:22:08] we were able to shift our trade towards Iran,
[00:22:11] and we were able to have good trade
[00:22:14] with Iran, even though Iran
[00:22:18] has not been in Afghanistan's favor for years.
[00:22:21] Of course, Iran has been a country that may
[00:22:24] not have done worthy things in Afghanistan's
[00:22:28] internal affairs, security, and cultural
[00:22:32] affairs. But we were able to have good trade with Iran.
[00:22:35] Even during the war between Iran, America, and Israel,
[00:22:39] our trade was going on with India.
[00:22:42] Our trade with India is going on. For example, we were able
[00:22:46] to buy 100 million dollars worth of medicine.
[00:23:20] also flourish. What we know about Afghanistan, and
[00:23:24] what analysts have repeatedly said in programs, economic
[00:23:27] analysts have said that Afghanistan, as a transit center,
[00:23:30] at least has the status of a regional transit center.
[00:23:33] Afghanistan's economic crossroads
[00:23:37] for the region and other countries beyond it is
[00:23:40] a very fundamental factor and a great achievement for Afghanistan
[00:23:44] that regional countries, as well as foreign countries and beyond,
[00:23:48] can make proper use of this
[00:23:50] geographical region. In this regard, how much
[00:23:54] work has been done in the five-year plan, the same status that
[00:23:57] Afghanistan has had for many years, the historical status that
[00:24:00] will be the economic and transit crossroads of the region? How much attention
[00:24:04] has been paid to this, and where have we
[00:24:07] reached, Mr.
[00:24:10] Ibrahimi? Let's look at the projects
[00:24:14] related to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The projects
[00:24:17] have stopped. In Afghanistan, the work is ongoing.
[00:27:02] come into being, and what are the ways to turn these challenges
[00:27:06] into opportunities? I think one of the problems is that Pakistan
[00:27:09] should be convinced of this, because the large projects that
[00:27:13] we see coming from Central Asia through Afghanistan to
[00:27:17] Pakistan, or through Pakistan to India, for example, if it is
[00:27:20] the TAPI project, or the Casa project, or the Afghan
[00:27:24] Trans project, we need to talk to Pakistan
[00:27:27] so that these years of obstacles to these
[00:27:31] projects can be removed.