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[00:01:00] Welcome to Nine Uzbek News, I am
[00:01:03] Zainlo Fidaviy.
[00:01:06] The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, Mablaviy Zabihulla Mujahid,
[00:01:10] said at the eighth press conference of his government
[00:01:13] that the Ministry of Health in the Hijri Qamari
[00:01:17] year 1447 had completed and put into use the project of building
[00:01:20] 60 buildings for the development of health infrastructure.
[00:01:24] The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate
[00:01:27] added that this...
[00:02:04] The Minister of Economy, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif, met with a number of scholars,
[00:02:08] traders, industrialists, and investors from Bangladesh
[00:02:11] and discussed the expansion of economic, trade, and investment
[00:02:14] relations between the two countries. Mr. Hanif
[00:02:18] emphasized that expanding economic cooperation between Afghanistan and Bangladesh
[00:02:22] is an important step for increasing
[00:02:25] trade, investment, and creating job opportunities.
[00:02:29] At the meeting, the Bangladeshi delegation expressed interest in expanding
[00:02:32] trade and economic relations
[00:02:35] with Afghanistan.
[00:02:37] koʻrsatganlar.
[00:02:44] The Ministry of Rural Development and Reconstruction stated that the elders
[00:02:47] and influential figures of Takhtapul district in Kandahar province and Gylon district
[00:02:51] in Ghazni province met with the Minister
[00:02:54] of Rural Development and Reconstruction, Mulla Abdullatif Mansur.
[00:02:57] During the meeting, they requested the implementation of projects
[00:03:00] for water supply, road construction, small dams,
[00:03:04] and retaining walls in their
[00:03:07] areas. According to
[00:03:09] the ministry, the Ministry of Rural Development
[00:03:13] and Reconstruction, based on available opportunities,
[00:03:16] has promised to address the difficulties faced by the residents.
[00:03:20] aytgan.
[00:03:24] The Embassy of the Islamic Emirate located in Islamabad, Pakistan,
[00:03:27] expressed deep concern over the decision of the Pakistan Medical
[00:03:30] Commission to expel a number of Afghan students studying in medical
[00:03:34] universities in that country. In its statement, the embassy
[00:03:38] requested Pakistan's educational
[00:03:41] authorities and international organizations to cooperate in protecting
[00:03:44] the right to education for Afghan students
[00:03:48] and to create opportunities for them to complete their studies
[00:03:52] without any interruption.
[00:03:55] qilganlar.
[00:04:02] The head of Afghanistan in Indonesia,
[00:04:05] Mawlavi Saada Baloch, and
[00:04:08] Indonesian
[00:04:10] officials met.
[00:04:16] They discussed
[00:04:21] expanding relations between Afghanistan
[00:04:24] and Indonesia.
[00:04:30] They emphasized
[00:04:31] qilganlar.
[00:04:36] The Ministry of Higher Education announced that Afghan professionals
[00:04:40] and teachers studying abroad are facing some difficulties,
[00:04:43] but within the country, they have been assured
[00:04:46] that the necessary facilities will be provided
[00:04:49] to overcome these challenges. This
[00:04:53] ministry's statement also added that a good foundation
[00:04:57] has been laid for professionals to continue their education within the country,
[00:05:00] serve as teachers, and engage in academic activities.
[00:05:04] qilgan.
[00:05:10] The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs announced
[00:05:13] that at the latest meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Investment
[00:05:16] Committee, Home Global Industry Group, a company from the United
[00:05:19] Arab Emirates, expressed interest in investing in
[00:05:23] the pharmaceutical production sector. The Inter-Ministerial Investment
[00:05:27] Committee welcomed the company's interest in investing
[00:05:30] in Afghanistan and urged relevant ministries
[00:05:33] and departments to fully
[00:05:36] cooperate with the company in this
[00:05:40] area.
[00:06:16] and the Afghan trade delegation will cooperate to facilitate
[00:06:20] its visit to Russia. Dmitry Zhirnov
[00:06:23] emphasized the importance of utilizing existing investment
[00:06:27] opportunities, expanding economic cooperation,
[00:06:30] and increasing the level of trade between the two
[00:06:33] countries.
[00:06:40] Kabul residents complain
[00:06:42] about water scarcity. They say that in recent years,
[00:06:46] many wells and water sources have dried up
[00:06:49] due to low rainfall and a drop in the water table,
[00:06:53] making them unable to provide drinking
[00:06:57] water. Kabul residents complain
[00:07:01] about the daily decrease in water sources and the lack of drinking
[00:07:04] water. Ziyaullah, an 18-year-old living in the fifth
[00:07:08] district of Kabul, queues for water
[00:07:11] every day to provide for his eight-member family.
[00:07:15] He says that he often travels long distances
[00:07:18] to get water.
[00:07:20] kezadi,
[00:07:24] I come from 200 meters away for water. There is a lot of water difficulty.
[00:07:28] When there is electricity, a little water is found,
[00:07:31] but when there is no electricity,
[00:07:33] there is no water.
[00:07:37] Residents of the area say that in recent years, most of the wells
[00:07:40] and water sources they used
[00:07:44] have dried up.
[00:07:49] There was a well before, but the water dried up. We have been
[00:07:52] getting water from this well for a long
[00:07:54] time.
[00:08:01] We ask residents to use less water because
[00:08:05] of the excessive
[00:08:05] use of water.
[00:08:46] they said.
[00:08:50] Approximately 500 Mujahideen graduated from the Herat Shorta
[00:08:53] Training Center. The Ministry of Internal Affairs
[00:08:57] announced that nearly 500 Mujahideen from the western zone
[00:09:00] provinces of Herat Shorta Training Center, including
[00:09:03] Qitoo and Juzitom, have completed their initial training.
[00:09:07] bo'lganlar.
[00:09:13] The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and Listening
[00:09:16] to Complaints stated that 37 women in Zabul,
[00:09:20] Balkh, Takhar, Maidan Wardak, Paktika, Kapisa,
[00:09:23] and Paktia provinces had their complaints addressed
[00:09:27] and were rescued from family
[00:09:30] conflicts. According to the ministry, a 60-year-old
[00:09:33] enmity between two families in Giyan district
[00:09:36] of Paktika province was also resolved
[00:09:40] through the mediation of scholars
[00:09:47] and elders. Dear and respected audience,
[00:09:51] this is our Uzbek news. I wish you a good night.
[00:10:55] has been emphasizing the expansion of trade and cooperation.
[00:10:58] He added that the goal of the two countries
[00:11:01] is to increase the trade volume to 100
[00:11:04] billion dollars, which currently reaches nearly 40 million dollars.
[00:11:08] رسیږي.
[00:11:11] What needs to be done to reach the 100 million dollar goal
[00:11:14] between Afghanistan and Iran? Is the 10
[00:11:18] million dollar trade goal between Afghanistan and Iran
[00:11:21] economic?
[00:11:56] Wa alaikum assalam. The presence of Afghanistan here and the strengthening
[00:12:00] of trade, economic, and investment matters
[00:12:04] are of strategic importance because,
[00:12:08] as you know, Afghanistan is a landlocked
[00:12:12] country, and in order
[00:12:15] to expand trade and develop
[00:12:18] transportation and transit, we need
[00:12:22] to use the water ports of one of our two neighboring
[00:12:25] countries to access the open seas
[00:12:29] of the world. And trade
[00:12:32] by ship and trade
[00:12:34] by sea
[00:12:36] is a very cheap form of transportation
[00:12:40] and transit, especially in
[00:12:43] landlocked countries like Afghanistan.
[00:12:46] Transportation and transit costs and the price
[00:12:50] of transportation and transit are very important,
[00:12:54] meaning they play a major role in determining
[00:12:56] the final price of goods
[00:12:59] in the country's market.
[00:13:02] Therefore, strengthening our bilateral economic,
[00:13:05] political, and investment relations with the Islamic
[00:13:08] Republic of Iran can help us,
[00:13:12] after our political and economic interactions
[00:13:16] with our neighboring country Pakistan were suspended, to still
[00:13:19] have access to the market,
[00:13:23] to the water ports of the Republic.
[00:13:44] Afghanistan has a cheap
[00:13:47] way of trade by ship to Afghanistan, which can
[00:13:50] have strategic benefits in the first
[00:13:54] place. And as we mentioned
[00:13:56] at the beginning of the program, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic
[00:14:00] said that we intend or plan
[00:14:04] to increase the trade volume between the two neighboring
[00:14:07] countries to 10 billion dollars. This shows
[00:14:10] that in the current year
[00:14:14] and in 2025, the World
[00:14:16] Bank has recorded
[00:14:19] Afghanistan's trade and import-export
[00:14:23] transactions at around 13 billion dollars.
[00:14:26] The Islamic
[00:14:31] Republic of Iran has done this with other countries
[00:14:34] in the region. And if we can
[00:14:37] increase Afghanistan's trade volume with the Islamic Republic of Iran
[00:14:41] to 10 billion dollars, it means
[00:14:44] that the majority, or 90% or 85% of Afghanistan's
[00:14:48] total trade and Afghanistan's economic
[00:14:52] interactions, have this capacity.
[00:15:25] With Afghanistan's easy access to the open seas
[00:15:28] and its water ports,
[00:15:30] it's a strategic opportunity for Afghanistan, both
[00:15:34] as a landlocked country and as a consumer
[00:15:37] import country. Yes, as I mentioned
[00:15:40] to you, the issue of transportation
[00:15:44] and transit costs is very important
[00:15:47] in Afghanistan. The more we
[00:15:51] incur high transportation
[00:15:54] and transit costs, the more
[00:15:57] these costs are added to the final price of goods
[00:16:00] in the country's markets. Yes, and the price of goods
[00:16:04] goes up. Yes, and with the increase
[00:16:07] in the price of goods, the people of Afghanistan
[00:16:11] have to pay that cost or that difference
[00:16:14] that arises from transportation costs imposed on the price
[00:16:18] of goods. Therefore, having easy access to the open seas
[00:16:21] and water ports is of strategic
[00:16:25] importance for Afghanistan and is a strategic opportunity.
[00:16:29] And during this period, after the suspension of our interactions with Pakistan, it was proven
[00:16:32] that the Islamic Republic of Iran stood
[00:16:36] by Afghanistan and made its water ports
[00:16:40] available for Afghanistan's trade, transportation, and transit.
[00:16:44] And in addition to that, the pressure that was supposed
[00:16:47] to be felt by the Afghan markets due to the blockage
[00:16:51] or disconnection of our access
[00:16:54] to Karachi Port and Gwadar or the shock that the Afghan
[00:16:57] markets were supposed to experience after the suspension of our interactions
[00:17:01] with Pakistan, that shock
[00:17:04] or that pressure was compensated by Bandar Abbas
[00:17:08] and Chabahar Port. And this compensation
[00:17:11] and cooperation and our closeness and access to Chabahar
[00:17:15] and Bandar Abbas caused that the shock
[00:17:18] that was supposed to enter the Afghan markets from Karachi
[00:17:21] Port, we did not witness
[00:17:24] such a big and huge shock in the markets and in the prices
[00:17:28] of goods inside Afghanistan, in the Afghan market.
[00:17:31] Yes, this issue caused this
[00:17:34] cooperation, our political closeness
[00:17:38] with Iran, and this economic cooperation of Iran, in terms
[00:17:41] of geopolitical, geographical, and trade, to keep
[00:17:45] the Afghan markets stable and not to witness
[00:17:49] anarchy and, in other words, chaos
[00:17:52] and a crazy increase in prices in the market.
[00:17:55] In addition to that, as I mentioned
[00:17:59] to you, we are a landlocked country, a consumer
[00:18:01] country. We desperately need
[00:18:05] to interact with the region,
[00:18:07] not confront the region. If we confront
[00:18:11] Pakistan, we will also confront Iran. You
[00:18:15] can change Afghanistan's trade to Central
[00:18:18] Asia, which can lead to higher prices because,
[00:18:22] as I told you, shipping is the cheapest
[00:18:25] way. For example, if you transport
[00:18:29] one ton of goods by ship from
[00:18:32] Afghanistan or from China to
[00:18:35] Bandar Abbas.
[00:18:46] The destination, which is China, can be entered into Afghanistan by rail and via Hairatan port and land route. The transportation cost of one ton of goods is 500 dollars. This is a practical example that I gave so that our dear people understand the importance of closeness and having an ideal political relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran. How important it is, how much it affects the prices of goods, the daily goods that people consume. Our interaction with Iran can have a positive impact. This trade, as the Iranian ambassador said in his speech, will reach 10 billion dollars. What do you think, who will benefit the most from this 10 billion dollar trade that will increase? Afghanistan or Iran? I ask this question because Afghanistan is mostly an importing country. Well, both sides benefit. I mentioned the market shock. I mentioned the entry of anarchy into the Afghan market. If our access to Karachi port was suspended, a shock would enter the Afghan market in terms of prices, anarchy would enter the market, monopoly and speculation would enter the market. Well, the Afghan people would suffer the most. Yes, but we did not witness such negative situations occurring in the Afghan market. We did not witness monopoly, nor did we witness speculation, nor did we witness anarchy. Therefore, it is true that Afghanistan has had a trade deficit in the past, not now. I mean, as far as I study the economic history of Afghanistan, this country has had a trade deficit for almost a century now. Yes, and it has always been an importing country, it has imported. Its production infrastructure has been weak and, in other words, mostly. the cost of transportation
[00:18:50] for one ton of goods is 500 dollars. This is a real-world
[00:18:53] example I gave so that our dear people
[00:18:56] understand the importance of closeness
[00:19:00] and having an ideal good political relationship
[00:19:03] with the Islamic Republic of Iran. How important
[00:19:06] it is, how much it affects the price of daily goods
[00:19:10] that people consume. Our interaction with Iran
[00:19:14] can have a positive impact. This trade, as the Iranian
[00:19:17] ambassador said in his speech,
[00:19:20] will reportedly reach 10 billion dollars. What do you think,
[00:19:23] who will be the main beneficiary of this 10 billion dollar
[00:19:27] trade increase? Afghanistan or Iran? I
[00:19:31] ask this question because Afghanistan is mostly
[00:19:34] an importing country. Well,
[00:19:37] both sides benefit. I mentioned the market
[00:19:40] shock to you. I mentioned the entry of anarchy
[00:19:44] into the Afghan market to you. If
[00:19:46] our access to Karachi Port was blocked,
[00:19:50] a shock would enter the Afghan market in terms of prices,
[00:19:54] anarchy would enter the market, monopoly and speculation would enter
[00:19:57] the market. Well, the Afghan people would suffer
[00:20:01] the most harm and damage. Yes,
[00:20:05] but we did not witness such negative situations
[00:20:08] in the Afghan market. We did not witness
[00:20:12] monopoly, nor did we witness speculation, nor
[00:20:15] anarchy. Therefore, it is true that Afghanistan
[00:20:18] has had a trade deficit since the past, not
[00:20:22] now. I mean, as far as I study the economic
[00:20:26] history of Afghanistan, for almost a century, this country has had a trade deficit.
[00:20:29] Yes, and it has always
[00:20:33] been an importer. Its production bases have been weak,
[00:21:21] Unfortunately, with land trade,
[00:21:24] prices rise sharply. Yes,
[00:21:28] with land trade, if we have Central Asia
[00:21:31] as an option, and if we move towards
[00:21:34] production and alternative production,
[00:21:38] meaning investing in the production
[00:21:42] of what we import, this will take
[00:21:45] years. It will take years
[00:21:48] until we reach
[00:21:52] mass production that can meet
[00:21:56] domestic needs, and then we can
[00:21:59] export the surplus, like China, perhaps
[00:22:03] 40 to 45 million. This is an interesting
[00:22:06] point. This is an interesting point. In China, when the communist
[00:22:10] leader of China decided
[00:22:13] to implement a kind of economic
[00:22:16] reform, a communist brain drain.
[00:22:35] one country must go through transitional phases. That is, the Chinese lost 45 million people in a transitional phase of hunger, and today they are an economic power in the world. So, if we move towards domestic infrastructure, that will also take years. Yes, what are Iran's strategies for Afghanistan? How should Afghanistan change from an importing country to an exporting country, and how should we benefit more from this trade with Iran that is increasing in size? Well, look, Mr. Beigdeli is one of the ambassadors of the Islamic Republic who has greatly increased the interactions of the Islamic Republic in economic, political, and social terms with Afghanistan. Recently, you have witnessed numerous meetings with officials in Afghanistan, with the Ministry of Mines, with the railway administration, to expand the railway project, the railway projects that are supposed to jointly connect Afghanistan and Iran to Uzbekistan. Meetings with the private sector, with industrialists, with traders, that is, a kind of closeness has been created between Iranian industrialists and investors and Afghanistan, which in the past, these two groups did not have the familiarity, knowledge, and, so to speak, closeness that they have today. And this interaction has been created by Mr. Beigdeli as an active ambassador in Afghanistan, and he is in close contact with the masses of people in Afghanistan. That is, in history, the Iranian embassy has never been in such close contact with the masses of people in Afghanistan and did not feel close to them. It always, so to speak, carried out official affairs through diplomatic channels or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But today, you see that the embassy of the Islamic Republic in Kabul meets with all segments of the people closely, especially with economic activists, with investors, various groups of Iranian investors have traveled to Afghanistan during this period to an extent that they had not done in any other government. They must endure. China
[00:22:38] lost 45 million in a state of transition from hunger to becoming
[00:22:42] an economic power in the world. That is, if we go towards
[00:22:45] domestic foundations, that will also take years.
[00:22:49] Yes, what are Iran's strategies for Afghanistan?
[00:22:51] How should Afghanistan change from
[00:22:54] an importing country to an exporting
[00:22:58] country? With this statement by Mr.
[00:23:02] Beigdeli, how should we
[00:23:05] benefit more from this trade
[00:23:08] with Iran that is increasing in size? Well,
[00:23:11] look, Mr. Beigdeli is one of the ambassadors
[00:23:15] of the Islamic Republic who has greatly
[00:23:17] increased the interactions of the Islamic Republic
[00:23:21] in economic, political, and social terms
[00:23:24] with Afghanistan. Recently, you have witnessed
[00:23:28] numerous meetings with officials in
[00:23:31] Afghanistan, with the Ministry of Mines, with the railway
[00:23:34] administration to expand the railway project, the railway
[00:23:38] projects that are supposed to jointly connect Afghanistan
[00:23:42] and Iran to Uzbekistan. Meetings with the private
[00:23:45] sector, with industrialists, with traders, that is, a kind
[00:23:49] of closeness has been created between
[00:23:52] Iranian industrialists and investors and Afghanistan,
[00:23:55] which in the past, these two groups
[00:23:59] did not have the familiarity, knowledge, and, so
[00:24:03] to speak, closeness that they have today in the past. And this interaction
[00:24:05] has been created by Mr. Beigdeli as an active
[00:24:09] ambassador in Afghanistan and is in close contact
[00:24:13] with the masses of people
[00:24:15] in Afghanistan. That is, in history, the Iranian embassy
[00:24:19] has never been in such close contact with the masses of people
[00:24:22] in Afghanistan and did not
[00:24:25] feel close to them. It always, so to speak, carried out
[00:24:28] official affairs through diplomatic channels or the Ministry of Foreign
[00:24:32] Affairs. But today, you see that the embassy of the Islamic Republic
[00:24:36] in Kabul meets with all segments of the people closely,
[00:24:39] especially with economic activists, with investors, various groups
[00:24:42] of Iranian investors have traveled to Afghanistan
[00:24:46] during this period to an extent that they had not done in any other government.
[00:24:50] The government of Afghanistan
[00:24:52] and also those who are in power
[00:24:56] and those who are investors in Afghanistan,
[00:25:00] how should they use this to transform Afghanistan from an importing
[00:25:03] country to an exporting country and to benefit
[00:25:07] more from trade with Iran? This issue
[00:25:09] that our trade capacity and economic
[00:25:13] interactions with the Islamic Republic are projected
[00:25:16] to reach 10 billion dollars, according to the ambassador's
[00:25:20] predictions, is not limited to bilateral trade.
[00:25:24] One of the key aspects that I have always mentioned
[00:25:27] in the media is that the current
[00:25:29] economy of Afghanistan needs the expansion
[00:25:33] of bilateral trade. That is, reaching
[00:25:36] 10 billion dollars in trade between the two countries
[00:25:40] means that bilateral trade offers a very
[00:25:44] good opportunity for Afghanistan to expand its bilateral
[00:25:48] trade with the Islamic Republic. For example, currently,
[00:25:52] we import all essential, vital,
[00:25:55] and strategic goods from the Islamic Republic.
[00:25:58] That is, according to the World Bank report,
[00:26:01] more than 60 percent of Afghanistan's transportation
[00:26:05] and transit interactions have been or are being
[00:26:09] conducted through the Islamic Republic of Iran.
[00:26:12] For example, we import strategic goods like oil
[00:26:16] and gas from Iran, we import foodstuff,
[00:26:19] we import raw materials for some of the existing
[00:26:23] production bases in Afghanistan, which are not abundant enough
[00:26:26] to meet domestic needs. Some raw materials are supplied
[00:26:30] by Iran, and of course,
[00:26:34] as I mentioned, foodstuff, technology, and other
[00:26:38] things. Most importantly, Iran is
[00:26:40] the gateway to the open seas
[00:26:44] for Afghanistan. That is, if we lose
[00:26:47] Bandar Abbas, if we lose Chabahar,
[00:26:51] we are a country that does not have access
[00:26:54] to the open seas. We lose shipping trade. If we lose
[00:26:58] shipping trade, we lose the cheapest
[00:27:15] means of trade. Well, they have sanctioned
[00:27:19] the Islamic Republic, and during these 40
[00:27:22] years, instead of the Islamic Republic
[00:27:25] declining, you witness that it became stronger
[00:27:29] and more prominent.
[00:27:31] And in the recent war, America and England,
[00:27:35] forgive me, Israel, England, and their allies were defeated,
[00:27:38] not the Islamic Republic. Yes, therefore,
[00:27:41] Afghanistan, too, during these last
[00:27:44] two or three years, where most of its interactions have been with the Islamic
[00:27:48] Republic, shows that the two countries
[00:27:52] are not concerned about the oppressive US sanctions, and they cannot
[00:27:55] have any effect. And even if they do,
[00:27:59] just as the Islamic Republic reached a position
[00:28:01] where it is one of the powers in the region and the
[00:28:05] world today, and it has the first
[00:28:08] say in political and economic spheres, Afghanistan
[00:28:12] can also, with these oppressive
[00:28:15] sanctions, ultimately resist
[00:28:19] and fight. And finally, in this region,
[00:28:23] we can live alongside Iran, while America
[00:28:26] is on the other side of the world. Currently, as
[00:28:29] I am speaking to you, it is night
[00:28:33] there and day here. We cannot,
[00:28:37] so to speak, come to terms with that side
[00:28:41] of the world, with a country that is on the other side of the
[00:28:44] world. It is very far from us,
[00:28:48] but with the Islamic Republic of Iran, we can live
[00:28:51] together in the same region. We are in the same
[00:28:54] hegemonic region, and we are neighbors.
[00:28:58] Thank you. You also mentioned that trade
[00:29:02] and political relations with Iran are very important
[00:29:06] for Afghanistan. Now, the exact question is, Mr. Bashiri,
[00:29:10] which Afghan goods can have
[00:29:13] more sales in the market of this country,
[00:29:17] and on which goods should Afghan traders
[00:29:21] focus more so that Afghanistan
[00:29:24] benefits more? Yes, I mentioned
[00:29:27] a few items of our imports
[00:29:31] from Iran to you. In this discussion,
[00:29:35] regarding the increase or reaching the trade
[00:29:39] capacity between the two countries to 10 billion dollars,
[00:29:42] it is necessary to examine the relative advantages
[00:29:45] of both countries, especially Afghanistan,
[00:29:48] which suffers from a trade deficit.
[00:29:51] The relative advantages of the two countries mean that
[00:29:55] both countries, and especially Afghanistan,
[00:29:59] should focus on goods for which
[00:30:19] it has more potential. Currently, some of our exports
[00:30:23] to the Islamic Republic include carpets,
[00:30:26] medicinal plants, precious and semi-precious
[00:30:30] stones from Afghanistan, and mostly mineral resources.