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00:01:12may God protect him, new appointments and changes have been made in a number of
00:01:16emirate departments. According to this decree, Mullah Rahmat
00:01:19ullah Najib, former administrative deputy of the Ministry of Interior, has been appointed as
00:01:23the governor of Badakhshan. Mullah Ahmad Shah Din Dost, former
00:01:27governor of Sar province, as the security commander.
00:01:33Road maintenance in the Ministry of Public Works
00:01:36as Deputy Director of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Mawlawi Mohammad
00:01:39Ismail Ghaznavi, former governor of Badakhshan, as
00:01:43Deputy for Road Maintenance in the Ministry of Public Works, Mullah
00:01:46Bakhtiar Maaz, former governor of Laghman, as the governor
00:01:50of Sar-e-Pol. Mawlawi Abdul Basir Mazhari, former
00:01:53security commander of Badakhshan province, has been appointed as the head of public works for
00:01:57Kandahar province. Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, Administrative Deputy
00:02:09of the Presidential Palace, continued
00:02:12his provincial travels leading a delegation to Kapisa
00:02:16and Parwan provinces, closely examining the situation of
00:02:19public prisons in these provinces. During this meeting, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi
00:02:22reviewed the situation of prisoners and existing
00:02:26problems in these prisons, emphasizing the improvement of
00:02:32health services and providing better education and vocational
00:02:35training for prisoners. Moreover, based on the compassion of
00:02:39His Excellency the Commander of the Faithful, may God protect him, and on the occasion of August 24th,
00:02:43the day of the country's victory, 59 prisoners
00:02:45from this prison have also been released.
00:02:48Mawlawi Najibullah Hayat Haqqani,
00:02:55Minister of Urban Development and Housing, met
00:02:58with Oybek Usmanov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Afghanistan. During this meeting,
00:03:02the Uzbek Ambassador stated that his country is ready to
00:03:05invest in various sectors, especially in the construction of residential homes and townships
00:03:09in Afghanistan. He also presented a cooperation plan
00:03:13between two Uzbek educational centers with the aim of exchanging
00:03:16engineering experiences and enhancing the professional capacity of the Ministry
00:03:19of Urban Development and Housing employees.
00:03:23Furthermore, Mawlawi Najibullah Hayat Haqqani assured that this ministry,
00:03:26within the framework of relevant laws and procedures,
00:03:30will provide the necessary conditions for investment.
00:03:33Sheikh Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Minister of Higher
00:03:38Education, met with Mirdefal Qashouti, Ambassador
00:03:42of Qatar in Kabul, and the two sides discussed the expansion of academic
00:03:46and educational cooperation between Afghanistan and Qatar. Hafiz
00:03:49Zia Hashemi, spokesperson for the ministry, said that during this meeting, the Qatari Ambassador
00:03:53assured that his country would cooperate in sending Qatari professors to Afghanistan
00:03:57and equipping the cancer diagnosis and treatment center
00:04:01at Kabul Medical University. Emphasis
00:04:03on expanding academic and educational cooperation
00:04:07between Kabul and Doha. Sheikh Neda Mohammad Nadeem,
00:04:11Minister of Higher Education, met with the Ambassador of Qatar in Kabul. The two
00:04:15sides discussed expanding academic and educational cooperation.
00:04:18Hafizullah Hashemi, spokesperson for the ministry, says that in this
00:04:22meeting, Sheikh Neda Mohammad Nadeem, considering
00:04:25the religious and cultural commonalities between the two countries, appreciated
00:04:29Qatar's positive stance towards Afghanistan.
00:04:32According to Mr. Hashemi, the Minister of Higher Education emphasized
00:04:35that the Islamic Emirate is committed to expanding modern sciences
00:04:39alongside religious sciences in the country.
00:04:43The respected Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan presented detailed information about the educational system of Afghanistan
00:04:46and said that the Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
00:04:50as a whole are committed to modern education
00:04:54and the advancement of sciences, taking into account Islamic Sharia and the culture of the people of this country. Later,
00:04:57the Ambassador of Qatar in Kabul, in his speech,
00:05:01referring to the religious and cultural
00:05:04commonalities between the two countries, said that he is happy with the progress of Afghanistan
00:05:08and the strengthening of higher education in this country.
00:05:10The spokesperson of the Ministry of Higher Education
00:05:14said that the Qatari ambassador, in this meeting, assured that his country would provide
00:05:17comprehensive cooperation for strengthening academic cooperation
00:05:21and equipping the cancer diagnosis and treatment center
00:05:24at Kabul Medical University. The dispatch of Qatari professors will provide
00:05:28an opportunity for the transfer of knowledge, educational experiences, and
00:05:31new teaching methods, and can
00:05:34help improve the scientific capacity of Afghan professors and students.
00:05:38Also, the equipping of the diagnosis
00:05:41and treatment center at Kabul Medical University can contribute
00:05:45to strengthening specialized training, medical research, and
00:05:49the integration of education and medical services.
00:05:52Meanwhile, some academic experts consider Qatar's cooperation
00:05:56in enhancing the capacity of professors and equipping
00:05:59cancer hospitals in the country to be effective. Qatar
00:06:03has a history of educational and health support for Afghanistan,
00:06:07including projects related to primary education, health
00:06:10assistance, and scholarships for Afghan students
00:06:14abroad. This history shows
00:06:18that the promises made can be translated into practical actions.
00:06:37This is while relations between Kabul and Qatar have expanded
00:06:41more than ever since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, and Qatar has
00:06:45hosted officials of the Islamic Emirate many times in recent years.
00:06:48Mullah Abdul Latif Mansour, Minister of
00:06:51Rural Rehabilitation and Development, met
00:06:54with Mawlawi Rahimullah Mahmood, Deputy Governor of Helmand, and his accompanying delegation.
00:06:58In this meeting, the Deputy Governor of Helmand provided information about development
00:07:01projects in the province and also shared the problems of the local
00:07:05residents with the leadership of this ministry. On the other hand,
00:07:08the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development referred
00:07:12to the Islamic Emirate's attention to all provinces of the country,
00:07:16especially remote deprived areas, and pointed out that, given the available
00:07:20resources, more development projects will be implemented
00:07:23in Helmand province.
00:07:24Iran emphasizes
00:07:31that strengthening trade with Afghanistan requires bilateral efforts and wants
00:07:34to further strengthen its economic relations with Afghanistan.
00:07:38At the same time, the Islamic Emirate assures
00:07:41that, like other countries of the world, it will also expand
00:07:45its trade relations with Iran based on mutual respect and
00:07:48positive interaction more than ever. After
00:07:50Afghanistan announced a complete halt to trade
00:07:54relations with Pakistan, trade interactions between
00:07:57regional countries and Afghanistan increased, and alternative
00:08:01routes for trade have also been found. Esmaeil
00:08:04Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently
00:08:08said that strengthening trade exchanges between Iran and
00:08:11Afghanistan is necessary.
00:08:21Very good measures were taken.
00:08:24There were good visits at the ministerial
00:08:27level, and I am very
00:08:31optimistic that this
00:08:34process will lead to an increase
00:08:37in economic exchanges between the two countries.
00:08:41Meanwhile, the Ministry considers easy access to trade
00:08:45ports to be beneficial for expanding economic relations
00:08:48with Iran and accessing alternative markets, and says that efforts
00:08:52to further strengthen economic relations with Iran, alongside
00:08:56other countries in the world, have increased. Economic relations
00:08:59between Afghanistan and Iran are developing
00:09:03and expanding. The Islamic Emirate
00:09:05of Afghanistan considers these relations beneficial for both
00:09:09countries. We want Iran to invest
00:09:12in various sectors in Afghanistan,
00:09:16in agriculture, transportation,
00:09:19energy,
00:09:22and also to expand trade and transit cooperation between these
00:09:26two countries. Iran has extensive interactions in trade
00:09:29with Afghanistan, with the annual trade volume between the two
00:09:33countries reaching 3 billion dollars, and efforts to increase
00:09:37this figure are ongoing. In the current situation, if it is done with
00:09:40understanding and considering the interests of both
00:09:43countries, it can play an important role
00:09:47in economic exchanges in the commercial sector,
00:09:50in the transport sector and other sectors where opportunities
00:09:54are available in Afghanistan and Iran. This can help improve
00:09:58this situation. Since Iran has access
00:10:01to the port of Chabahar, and we also need to connect to
00:10:05free ports and export our goods to the world
00:10:09and import our necessary goods,
00:10:28was held. It recommended to the relevant institutions to prepare
00:10:32a joint plan within one month for expanding cooperation
00:10:35between Tehran and Kabul. It also said that Iran, based
00:10:39on shared cultural and historical values,
00:10:42has hosted Afghan migrants for several decades.
00:10:46We will discuss this topic further.
00:10:48For further discussion, Zabihullah Islami,
00:10:52an economic expert, is our guest on
00:11:11important question. Afghanistan and Iran are
00:11:14Commonwealth countries that both
00:11:17have common interests with each other,
00:11:21and a report from the World Bank says that Iran is
00:11:25an import source for Afghanistan, and that's why
00:11:28all food, oil, and
00:11:32energy products that come from
00:11:36Iran to the Afghan market have a very special
00:11:39importance. Why? Because if we have
00:11:43good relations with Iran, it means that we can
00:11:47easily meet the needs of our domestic market,
00:11:50and the second thing is that those
00:11:53goods that Afghanistan
00:12:56that in our economy, prediction or forecasting, if I may say,
00:12:59these relations have created some risks
00:13:03for both the Afghan economy and the Iranian
00:13:06economy. For the Iranian economy, the value of its currency is decreasing
00:13:10day by day, meaning inflation or prices are rising.
00:13:13Oil and gas trade has faced problems. There are
00:13:17new investment barriers, and there are pressures
00:13:21in terms of progress and development. And
00:13:24its effects on Afghanistan are that prices are also rising
00:13:27day by day in Afghanistan. If you understand, oil
00:13:31and gas prices are expanding day by
00:13:34day. The energy market,
00:13:37oil prices in Afghanistan are rising day by day.
00:13:41Afghanistan's trade with Iran is at risk,
00:13:44and that's why it has been affected
00:13:47by migration. That's why it has had these
00:13:51effects, because there are barriers there. Migration comes,
00:13:55and it affects Afghanistan's economy. That's why we
00:13:58say that there are some factors
00:14:02in the economy that are not under the control of any
00:14:05country, such as the banking issue,
00:14:09the
00:14:11trade
00:14:13issue, and in the context
00:14:17of Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan,
00:14:20we can predict that if these barriers expand
00:14:24further, it is not under the control
00:14:28of the Afghan government, nor under the control of the Iranian
00:14:31government. That's why we can face
00:14:34many economic problems as a result. However,
00:14:38the solutions are that, praise be to God, the Islamic
00:14:41Emirate has found alternative routes and has good relations
00:14:44with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
00:14:47Central Asia, and South Asia.
00:14:51It should expand these relations so that if there are risks
00:14:55on this side, if many barriers are created,
00:14:58and trade between Iran and Afghanistan
00:15:02completely stops, we should have very good
00:15:06alternative routes to protect
00:15:09the Afghan economy
00:15:12from risks. Mr. Islami,
00:15:16Iranian officials said that they are satisfied with trade
00:15:19with Afghanistan and that it should expand further.
00:15:22Trade between Iran and Afghanistan and... This requires effort.
00:15:26In your opinion, what efforts should be made to expand Afghanistan's trade
00:15:30with Iran and strengthen these trade relations
00:15:34further and expand this trade, while Afghanistan's trade
00:15:38relations with Central Asian countries are also simultaneous,
00:15:41and after the trade route with Pakistan
00:15:44was stopped, Central Asian markets are available
00:15:48to Afghanistan, and also Central Asian
00:15:50goods are imported into Afghanistan, and also Chabahar
00:15:54Port. Cases of price increases in
00:15:57Afghan markets were due to events that occurred in Iran.
00:16:01But if you can tell us what needs exist, what
00:16:04efforts should be made to strengthen
00:16:07Afghanistan's trade relations with Iran and increase
00:16:11trade beyond the current level.
00:16:14Look, it's a very good question. We
00:16:18said that these barriers that have been
00:16:21created are not under our control. We have
00:16:24some factors that
00:16:27are called external factors.
00:16:30They are not under the internal control
00:16:34of a country. Neither Iran can remove these barriers, nor can
00:16:38Afghanistan remove these barriers. So only
00:16:41Afghanistan can make the most of the alternative
00:16:45routes it has created until
00:16:49we have relations with
00:16:52Iran. We should continue trade relations,
00:16:55and if there are predictable risks,
00:16:59if these risks increase, if barriers increase,
00:17:03risks will increase. We are then forced
00:17:06to maintain trade relations with Iran. We
00:17:10are forced to go for alternative routes. That's
00:17:14why in the
00:17:16economy of the Islamic Emirate, it is
00:17:20good that to avert those risks,
00:17:23it has established good relations with other countries
00:17:27and found alternative routes. God willing, we will
00:17:31not face real risks, and Afghanistan's economy
00:17:34will expand day by day. But the problem is that
00:17:53Afghanistan is suitable and how much market Iran has
00:17:57for Afghanistan, and also what Afghanistan should do
00:18:00to produce more goods for Iran and export
00:18:03its goods to Iran. Look,
00:18:07we know that Afghanistan is one thing, and Iran is
00:18:11an energy, oil, and
00:18:15similar country, and the second thing is that it is
00:18:18a food country. This benefits
00:18:21Afghanistan and the Afghan market, and the second thing is that from
00:18:25the disagreements between the US and other things that
00:18:28came up, it is now understood that the world
00:18:31has come to this conclusion
00:18:35that Iran is a technological country. We
00:18:39can use Iran in expanding our mining
00:18:42operations. We can use their technology because
00:18:46they have good technology for extraction.
00:18:50The second thing is that we can use
00:18:53them to expand human resource expertise.
00:18:57And the second thing is that in processing
00:18:59our mineral resources, we can
00:19:03learn how they can extract these resources.
00:19:07In this way, Afghanistan
00:19:10needs oil, gas, and
00:19:14these things because without energy, neither
00:19:18industry nor economy advances,
00:19:22nor do human lives. That's why
00:19:25both have a very suitable
00:19:28environment, because we have very extensive
00:19:31cultural relations, and if
00:19:34culturally, in economics, it says that if culture...
00:19:45that both countries produce is very equal to the market demand
00:19:49for both countries. The food products
00:19:52that Iran produces, the raw materials that
00:19:56Iran produces, Afghanistan needs, and Afghanistan uses them.
00:19:59The minerals that
00:20:02dry fruits, for example, we have agricultural
00:20:06products that Iran needs.
00:20:09And if these relations expand further,
00:20:13they can play a very positive and important
00:20:17role in the economic development of both countries.
00:20:21Very good, Mr. Islami. Let's talk about
00:20:23dependence and reducing dependencies. After the cessation
00:20:27of the trade route with Pakistan, there were concerns
00:20:31that Afghanistan might be heavily dependent on Pakistan. But
00:20:35after trade relations are established with Central
00:20:38Asian countries and increase with Iran,
00:20:42Chabahar Port replaces Karachi Port.
00:20:45How much does using Chabahar
00:20:48Port reduce Afghanistan's dependence
00:20:52on Pakistan, and how much has it become
00:20:55an alternative to Pakistan?
00:20:59Look, Chabahar
00:21:03transit route is important because Afghanistan is a landlocked
00:21:07country. There was a water route through Karachi
00:21:10Port. Now, Chabahar is a good alternative
00:21:13route, and the second thing is that
00:21:17it reduces the
00:21:50we used to transfer from India and other countries to
00:21:53Afghanistan. There, there were interruptions, problems arose,
00:21:56and prices in Afghanistan skyrocketed. Now, through Chabahar,
00:22:00we can easily transport goods. It reduced
00:22:04time, reduced costs,
00:22:08and easily. And the second thing is that
00:22:11unemployment significantly decreased
00:22:15because here, we
00:22:18need human
00:22:20resources. So, Afghan human resources were heavily
00:22:24employed here, and unemployment somewhat decreased. Well,
00:22:27it didn't decrease significantly, but it decreased
00:22:30to an extent that, for example, we were suffering
00:22:34from it. Very good, Mr. Islami. As a final question, if you could
00:22:38predict the economic outlook of the two countries,
00:22:41if you could say that with these cooperations that have
00:22:45taken place and cooperation continues, what is the economic
00:22:48outlook of the two countries
00:22:50in the near future and in the long term? How do you
00:22:53see it? If these
00:22:55obstacles
00:22:58are removed, we have a very good outlook.
00:23:02That means the Chabahar transit route
00:23:04will expand greatly, exports will increase day by day,
00:23:08joint investment between Iran
00:23:12and Afghanistan will expand, energy and
00:23:15electricity will be exchanged
00:23:19very well, and
00:23:22many job opportunities will be created. This is
00:23:26the outlook, provided that these obstacles are removed
00:23:30and no new obstacles are created between Afghanistan
00:23:33and Iran. Zabihullah Islami, economic
00:23:37expert, thank you very much.
00:23:39And also, dear viewers,
00:23:46Disaster Preparedness and Response Authority, signed a cooperation
00:23:50agreement worth over 200,000 US
00:23:53dollars with the head of the Green Afghanistan Agriculture and Livestock
00:23:57Organization. Based on this agreement, over the course of one
00:24:01year, more than 5,000 families in all districts
00:24:04of Logar province, and Logar and Maidan
00:24:08Wardak provinces, will receive food and cash assistance.
00:24:12The Special Court
00:24:19for Addressing Cases of Usurped State Lands
00:24:23in the Northern Zone, after reviewing documents and
00:24:26evidence, has confirmed 670 plots of
00:24:30land under the Khawadi Project in Balkh province
00:24:33as state property. The Ministry of Justice says that this land is located
00:24:37in the ninth district of Mazar-e-Sharif.
00:24:52Shahroolah Kabul says that the plan for the construction of an underground
00:24:56road and a traffic circle at the Company Three-Way
00:25:00intersection in the fifth district
00:25:03has been finalized. This center
00:25:06added that these projects are being implemented
00:25:10with the aim of reducing traffic congestion and increasing
00:25:13the capacity of the transportation network, and practical
00:25:17work will begin after the design is completed. A private Afghan transport and
00:25:24transit company has resumed
00:25:28the transfer of Afghan export goods to Turkey via Iran
00:25:31using Afghan trailers. Also, officials of this company
00:25:35say that they are ready to transfer commercial goods from Turkey
00:25:38and other countries to Afghanistan via Iran, and this process
00:25:42has already begun. On the other hand, economic experts consider
00:25:46this process an important step in imports.
00:25:51An important step in the transfer and transit of Afghan export
00:25:55goods through Iran. The private Afghan Tier company
00:25:59has started transferring Afghan export goods to Turkey
00:26:02using Afghan trailers through Iran. Officials of this
00:26:06company say that this route provides an important opportunity for
00:26:10the development of trade, transit, and economic cooperation and
00:26:14will also be effective in imports. This company has
00:26:17loaded a number of Afghan vehicles with Afghan export
00:26:20goods from Kabul to Herat destined for Turkey, and
00:26:24currently, three vehicles have arrived in Turkey.
00:26:28For Afghan transit,
00:26:31many efforts are being made to continue it,
00:26:34and the routes that have reached
00:26:38Turkey have destinations in Turkey, India,
00:26:41and Arab countries.
00:26:45According to economic experts, the activation
00:26:47of this land route can create a valuable opportunity for
00:26:51the development of transit, trade, and economic cooperation
00:26:55between Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, and also
00:26:59be beneficial in the growth of imports.
00:27:02Iran can play a connecting role
00:27:05here, meaning it can connect our domestic markets with Turkey,
00:27:09and Turkey with us. That means the agricultural
00:27:13products we have in Afghanistan can be transferred to Iran through
00:27:17this route, and from Iran to Turkey, and even from
00:27:20Turkey, we can export to European countries as
00:27:24well. In Afghanistan, there is a great
00:27:27gap in exports and imports, meaning 11 billion of
00:27:31Afghanistan's
00:28:02says that the project to install new scanners
00:28:05at Islam Qala port in Herat, with a budget
00:28:09of nearly 10 million dollars, is ongoing. This center added
00:28:12that this project is being implemented to strengthen the inspection
00:28:16and control of transit goods and increase the technical
00:28:19capacities of Islam Qala border.
00:28:20A meeting of the
00:28:26Committee for Attracting and Distributing Aid
00:28:29for Migrants in Parwan Province was held. In this
00:28:33meeting, the participants called for permanent employment
00:28:37of migrants in production companies in this province.
00:28:40According to Decree No. 16 of
00:28:43the Leader of the Islamic Emirate, a meeting was held in
00:28:47Parwan province to attract and distribute aid for migrants
00:28:51and returnees. Sheikh Aziz Rahman
00:28:54Mansour, Governor of Parwan, said that the leadership of the system,
00:28:57understanding the problems of migrants, is trying to address
00:29:01and solve their problems.
00:30:02and industrial to create permanent jobs for them.