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00:01:27in the past five years and the five-year outlook. It is of particular
00:01:31importance during this period to expand
00:01:34economic relations with regional countries and beyond,
00:01:37efforts to implement large projects
00:01:40within the development of transit routes and
00:01:44connecting Afghanistan to the regional
00:01:48economy, increasing domestic production and strengthening the banking,
00:01:51agriculture and mining sectors have been at the core of economic
00:01:55policies, and this path continues to this day.
00:01:59Several things. In the past five years, how much has the economic-oriented
00:02:03policy of the Islamic Emirate been able to provide
00:02:06the groundwork for growth, production, investment, and
00:02:09improving people's livelihoods, and ultimately
00:02:13for maintaining economic stability and
00:02:16transforming Afghanistan into a country connected to regional
00:02:20and global markets, what should be the most important
00:02:23priorities and future plans to make the most of
00:02:27this path and these programs in the next five years?
00:02:30These issues will be discussed here in the program. We are here in the studio
00:02:34with Mr. Mohammad
00:02:37Tawoos Farzad, an expert on economic issues, who is with us here in the studio.
00:02:40Mr. Farzad, welcome to the program, and thank
00:02:44you for your efforts. First, we would like to hear your analysis and evaluation
00:02:48of Afghanistan's five-year path in economic matters. We will talk
00:02:51more and more
00:02:54about these issues. In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Greetings, Mr. Ibrahimi,
00:02:58technical colleagues and attendees.
00:03:38or the conquest happened, all international and foreign aid was
00:03:41suddenly stopped. Currently, only humanitarian
00:03:45aid is provided, and also, the banking
00:03:49reserves or the banking support of Afghanistan, which was outside
00:03:52Afghanistan, was frozen in banks, and also
00:03:56other institutions and organizations left Afghanistan.
00:04:00Unfortunately, in the beginning, we were facing
00:04:03economic problems, but the Islamic Emirate
00:04:07of Afghanistan was able to prevent the economic collapse
00:04:10with its policy and management and to preserve
00:04:14the economic situation of Afghanistan.
00:04:17This means that currently, all of Afghanistan's
00:04:21budget is financed through
00:04:23Afghanistan's domestic resources, and not a single
00:04:27dollar of foreign aid currently plays a role in financing
00:04:31Afghanistan's budget. All of Afghanistan's budget
00:04:34is currently collected from domestic resources, such as revenues,
00:04:37customs, Afghanistan's mines, or other sectors,
00:04:41and Afghanistan's budget is financed, which was
00:04:44one of the great achievements, as previously half of Afghanistan's
00:04:48budget was financed through foreign aid. Currently, all of Afghanistan's
00:04:51budget is financed through
00:04:53its own domestic resources. Secondly, if we look,
00:04:57maintaining the stability of the Afghan
00:05:01currency was that before the conquest of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, 1 dollar was traded
00:05:04for 80 Afghanis or 70 Afghanis, or even in the early days of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,
00:05:081 dollar was traded for more than 100 Afghanis.
00:05:11It was traded for more than 10 Afghanis.
00:05:42in all parts of Afghanistan, the Afghan currency
00:05:45was made common. This means that previously in provinces
00:05:49such as Jalalabad or for example,
00:05:51towards Herat or Kandahar, Helmand,
00:05:55in these provinces, other currencies of other countries were common or
00:05:59used in transactions, for example, Kaldar, Toman, or other
00:06:02currencies were used, which currently in all provinces of
00:06:06Afghanistan, only Afghan currency is used, and it was
00:06:09another achievement that was able to.
00:06:42They were allowed to take 5,000 dollars out
00:06:46of Afghanistan, which itself was able to help
00:06:50preserve money in
00:06:52Afghanistan, and in addition to the aid that
00:06:56is currently being provided, humanitarian aid must first be converted
00:07:00into Afghanis, and then the NGOs and institutions
00:07:03that exist can spend it.
00:07:07Foreigners are also obliged
00:07:09to first convert their money to Afghanis in the bank.
00:12:55billion was when the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came
00:12:58to power. It came to 14 billion, meaning that
00:13:01Afghanistan's economy reached 14 billion dollars.
00:13:05Finally, it started again. It went
00:13:08down a lot. It reached 14 billion. Finally, with the efforts that
00:13:12the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was able to make, different sectors,
00:13:15the mining sector, the agricultural sector, or whichever sector it was, showed their activity,
00:13:19and finally, the GDP of Afghanistan reached
00:13:2219 or 20 billion dollars again. And also,
00:13:26the per capita income of individuals, which
00:13:30in 2012, I think,
00:13:33had reached 800 dollars, then came down, and when
00:13:37the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came to power, I think it reached
00:13:4030 dollars. Now it is on the rise,
00:13:43meaning it is going up. We think that the per capita
00:13:47income of individuals is up to 500 dollars. This
00:13:51means that different sectors, the agricultural sector, were doing very well.
00:17:37The people of Afghanistan had. You took it from regional countries in economic matters.
00:17:41Yes, look, Mr. Ibrahim, we had
00:17:44less than one billion in exports. Now, praise be to God, our exports
00:17:48have reached two billion dollars. That is, in total,
00:17:51Afghanistan's total trade is 13 billion
00:17:55dollars, of which a large part is imports,
00:17:58our imports are 11 billion dollars, and our exports are two billion
00:18:02dollars. Look, when the roads were closed
00:18:05with Pakistan, we were able
00:18:11to have a good trade with Iran,
00:18:14although one country has not been for the benefit of Afghanistan
00:18:17for many years. Iran has been a country that
00:18:21in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and in the security and cultural
00:18:24affairs of Afghanistan, they may not have done worthy
00:18:28work, but we were able to have a good trade with Iran
00:18:31when there was a war between Iran
00:18:35and America and Israel,
00:18:50we invite Afghanistan to invest. Also,
00:18:54with Asian countries, the economic situation is very
00:18:57good, and with each passing day, we can see that our economy,
00:19:01praise be to God, is growing. This means
00:19:04that it is one billion and something.
00:19:19Afghanistan, what we are aware of and what analysts have said many
00:19:23times in the program and what economic analysts have said is that Afghanistan, as
00:19:27a transit center, at least has the status of a regional transit center. In addition to the economic
00:19:30crossroads of Afghanistan
00:19:33for the region and other countries beyond that,
00:19:36it is a very important factor and a very big achievement for
00:19:40Afghanistan that regional countries and also foreign countries
00:19:44and beyond can make good use of this
00:19:47geographical region. In this
00:19:50regard, how much work has been done at least in the five-year path,
00:19:53that status that Afghanistan has had for many, many years,
00:19:57the historical status that it will be an economic and transit crossroads of the region.
00:20:01How much attention has been paid to this, and where have we reached? Yes, Mr.
00:20:05Ibrahim,
00:23:00possible challenges may arise along the way, and what are the ways to turn these challenges
00:23:04into opportunities? I think one of the problems is that
00:23:07Pakistan should be convinced of this, because of the large projects
00:23:11that we see that pass from Central Asia through Afghanistan to
00:23:14Pakistan or from there to India, for example, if
00:23:18it is the TAPI project or the project.
00:30:30is important for Afghans.
00:30:56The youth also demanded this.