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[00:03:04] Also, the professionals that you are currently facing shortages
[00:03:08] with, Afghanistan has good relations with countries.
[00:03:12] From your perspective, which countries
[00:03:15] can help Afghanistan in this area?
[00:03:18] There are two
[00:03:21] types of countries. One is our neighbor, and then there are the distant
[00:03:25] external or international countries, as we might call them, which are farther away.
[00:03:28] That is.
[00:04:00] Two countries can best help because we haven't mentioned China and
[00:04:03] Turkey. Due to ongoing regional issues
[00:04:06] and the current situation, transfers are difficult.
[00:04:10] In my opinion, Iran and Uzbekistan can provide much better help
[00:04:14] in the electricity sector in Afghanistan because
[00:04:17] our transit relations are very good, there are both roads and a
[00:04:21] railway line. They can be very helpful, and secondly, the price is
[00:04:24] cheap. The price in China is cheap, but
[00:04:28] in the past, a container of goods that came cost about
[00:04:31] 3,000 to 4,000 dollars. Now one container costs 15 to 18 to 20 thousand dollars.
[00:04:35] This doubles the project cost. But if we go
[00:04:39] from Iran or Uzbekistan, that's also good because
[00:04:42] the price will be cheaper, and they have professional people
[00:04:46] here. And these are countries, I mentioned both neighboring countries,
[00:04:49] that have made very good progress
[00:04:52] in electricity technology. By making better and more effective use
[00:04:56] of their experience, we will surely be successful
[00:04:59] in the technology sector. My second suggestion is that
[00:05:02] we should have factories, investors, and traders should
[00:05:06] in Afghanistan, we unfortunately don't have transformer factories. Yes, that's right,
[00:05:10] we don't. We don't have switchgear.
[00:14:25] As Mr. Ahmadi explained briefly,
[00:14:28] I also want to ask you about the most important technical challenge
[00:14:32] in the implementation of this project.
[00:14:36] Well, there are several sections that I don't
[00:14:39] want to criticize government agencies or
[00:14:43] anyone else. As
[00:14:47] your esteemed guest said, what
[00:14:50] are our challenges, what do we call
[00:14:53] bureaucracy?
[00:15:25] if a foreign company was here, these facilities automatically
[00:15:28] create obstacles for the investor so that
[00:15:31] the investor gets discouraged from dealing with bureaucratic issues
[00:15:35] or investing. In my opinion,
[00:15:38] the government should implement online systems.
[00:15:42] Many of our neighboring countries have many coming and going, and we
[00:15:46] have many connections with Qatar, Dubai, and the Emirates. All systems are online. If we want
[00:15:50] to prevent corruption, we should use technology. Let's make licensing systems
[00:15:53] online. Look at the commercial
[00:15:57] systems, buying and selling, and all these things that are contracted, let's
[00:16:01] change them from open contracts to investment purchases, even
[00:16:04] for investors. I am confident that the quality will improve.
[00:16:37] The second point is that if you provide financial incentives,
[00:16:41] you don't have to go far. Go to our neighboring country, Uzbekistan,
[00:16:45] because during the Emirate's time, they were very interested in
[00:16:49] what they call incentives.
[00:16:52] Now, anyone who invests one dollar
[00:16:56] gets a five-year residency.
[00:16:58] They give him tax exemption, they give him land. Not just Uzbekistan,
[00:17:02] I mentioned even Europe, America. You saw Trump himself who
[00:17:06] said whoever invests one million or
[00:17:09] two to five million dollars, they give them a golden visa.
[00:17:13] We must facilitate
[00:17:16] this area, especially visa on arrival and other matters should be made easier.
[00:17:20] The visa price for foreigners coming to Afghanistan is
[00:17:23] higher. This means that, naturally, an
[00:17:26] investor who invests will include all costs in the project.
[00:17:30] The project cost itself goes up, and people get discouraged.
[00:17:34] Secondly, the problems that we should mention are that
[00:19:07] if a power plant is built, all
[00:19:11] the Ministry of Mines said that there is a gas
[00:19:14] field, and there is no permission for construction.
[00:19:18] We went a bit further, and there were restrictions near Qishtipa that
[00:19:22] you cannot build facilities within 7 kilometers of Qishtipa. Let's sit together so that the team can come
[00:19:26] and go, and any information about the land that was proposed to us is
[00:19:30] about 130 kilometers away from the coal mine.
[00:19:33] If I want to extract coal,
[00:19:38] I will naturally have to transport it 130
[00:19:41] kilometers. The coal needed for 2000 megawatts, a thousand
[00:19:45] megawatts of electricity for Baghlan, in this
[00:19:49] project, it was the Sholgareh project, 130 kilometers, approximately
[00:19:52] 12 to 13 thousand tons daily is needed, which is about
[00:19:56] 200 to 300 truckloads. Imagine another project
[00:20:00] for 130 kilometers of land,
[00:20:03] coal is needed for that. That's why.
[00:20:07] The two involved individuals went to Shpushta, there's no
[00:20:10] road. If we want to take machines near the mine,
[00:20:14] we can transport them there. If we also build a road, if
[00:20:17] we, for example, do that part, it will increase the project cost.
[00:20:21] This coordination should happen.
[00:20:24] This project will be easier for investors.
[00:20:27] When you said foreign investor, I mean that domestic investors
[00:20:31] should first be encouraged, as the esteemed guest
[00:20:34] said, based on this model.
[00:21:37] There should be one agency, one committee, that controls the agencies so that an
[00:21:40] investor doesn't have to knock on every office door.
[00:21:43] Third, our professional agencies
[00:21:47] and staff should bring them up to standards.
[00:21:50] Fourth, land or that work
[00:21:54] or tax issues and financial incentives, the government should prepare them.
[00:21:58] And in terms of technology and what is effective,
[00:22:01] neighboring countries, the government should sign G2G
[00:22:04] (bilateral) agreements so that they come and help
[00:22:08] with taxes, with transit, and with technology transfer. We see dozens
[00:22:12] of international Chamber of Commerce conferences, we see agreements being signed
[00:22:16] for practical implementation, millions of dollars. We need to see the action.
[00:22:20] Action will happen when we come together and start small.
[00:22:23] Let's start practically. Be sure, we will. The last part
[00:22:27] we see is that we should look less from a negative perspective.
[00:22:31] After this, if an investor wants to invest in Afghanistan, let's
[00:22:34] encourage them so that others
[00:22:38] should also play a role. The four Afghans who currently live in Afghanistan should benefit
[00:22:42] more and better. And instead of us talking about negatives and false
[00:22:46] things, anyone who has documents and evidence should speak less and say Bismillah.