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00:00:00there are multiple options, you understand that in terms of electricity alone,
00:00:03if we look at it, there are 20 thousand only in terms of
00:00:06solar power
00:00:09available, 67 thousand from
00:00:12wind capacity is available, 23
00:00:16thousand megawatts of water capacity is available, and
00:00:205 thousand from thermal is available, and we also have very
00:00:24extensive resources of oil and gas. If investment is made in this,
00:00:27God willing, we will slowly but surely.
00:05:15watching the news discussion about
00:05:18the inauguration of the Imam Shaghegh Industrial Park
00:05:22in Balkh province. Well, Mr. Farzad, what is the
00:05:26difference between establishing this industrial park in Balkh province
00:05:30and other industrial parks in Afghanistan? And also,
00:05:33what should be prioritized for production and factory establishment
00:05:36in this park? Yes, sir,
00:05:40you see, our industrial parks
00:06:26in every company that is established and every industrial work that takes place,
00:06:30it has benefits for Afghanistan
00:06:33from various aspects. As I said,
00:06:36one, we can reduce our imports. The more
00:06:40our exports increase, the better.
00:07:42we should do what we can. This should be evaluated. What we
00:07:46currently do not have the ability to do, or we cannot
00:07:49produce, we can import from other countries. For this reason,
00:07:52the land is currently in Afghanistan, which is not an issue. But if we
00:07:56evaluate what we bring from other countries, what we
00:07:59can produce in Afghanistan, after production, another area
00:08:03should be focused on, which is preventing the dumping policy of other
00:08:07countries. This means that some
00:08:10countries produce goods
00:08:13in their country, which they bring to the market at a low price
00:08:17to sell, so that for a short time, they can collapse
00:08:20the nascent factories of other countries. We must pay attention
00:08:24to the fact that in Afghanistan, what we produce
00:08:27in Afghanistan must be protected from similar goods.
00:08:31Protection means that in international economics, we cannot completely
00:08:35stop goods from another country, but we have the right
00:08:39to raise tariffs on them. Tariffs must be
00:09:03imposed so that people use their own products.
00:09:06When we use our own products, Mr. Barakzai,
00:09:10the demand for domestic products increases.
00:09:49outside of Afghanistan in other countries, so that foreign investors
00:09:53and Afghan investors who are currently active
00:09:56in the country are informed that
00:09:59the ground for investment in Afghanistan is currently fertile. Come
00:10:03and make your investment here. That is, if one of our traders
00:10:07has business in another country, he should be told that his business
00:10:11should also be here, a part of the business.
00:10:19If an Afghan trader invests
00:10:22in another country regarding claims,
00:10:55in Iran, Afghan investors should be talked to, and Iranian
00:10:58investors should also be talked to, to come and invest in Afghanistan. And also, if
00:11:02it is in Russia, if it is in the Emirates, if it is in
00:11:04other countries, it should be done. And also, in this regard,
00:11:08facilities should be provided for the industrialist
00:11:11in Afghanistan.
00:11:13If there is an electricity problem,
00:11:17it should be provided. If they use heating, if they use
00:11:21it, the ground should be provided for them because without electricity, we
00:11:24cannot have a family, which is a small unit.
00:11:28If we need electricity, then factories and
00:11:31companies naturally need it. And currently, the machinery that is used is all
00:11:35about electricity, and also in terms of banks, which currently,
00:11:38unfortunately, Afghan banks are facing sanctions. If
00:11:42this issue is also discussed with countries so that we can attract
00:11:46investment from other countries, then in terms of banking, and also
00:11:49some insurance companies, if they are established
00:11:53there to insure companies
00:11:55so that they can work with peace of mind. And also, traders should be told
00:11:59to produce what is currently a priority for Afghanistan. That is,
00:12:03in whichever area we have a very high priority, they should have
00:12:06that area so that we can use domestic resources
00:12:10and domestic production. Thank you, Mr. Farzad. You said that there should be evaluations
00:12:13in the country to determine what Afghanistan currently needs.
00:12:17Have such evaluations been conducted so far?
00:12:20And the second question is, how much has the Islamic Emirate
00:12:24been able to control the dumping law in Afghanistan?
00:12:27I think to a large extent, they have been successful in this regard. They
00:12:31have prevented the dumping policy because we see from the Ministry of Finance
00:12:35that orders are issued
00:12:38that we have imposed tariffs on these similar goods, and they have been able
00:12:42to prevent this very dumping policy, which was from Pakistan or
00:12:45unfortunately from Iran. Our neighbors, unfortunately,
00:12:49do not have a positive view regarding Afghanistan. They say that
00:12:52Afghanistan should always
00:13:48while Afghanistan has become self-sufficient in eggs
00:13:52and poultry, there is no longer a need for us
00:13:56to. To some extent, work has been done in this area from other countries,
00:13:59but sometimes, within the framework of some agreements, they include
00:14:03sections that are in their favor, and their other sections
00:14:07are only superficial. A part that they
00:14:09want to promote,
00:14:12that's why the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has done things, as I said, that whenever
00:14:16we see that the Ministry of Finance issues figures and
00:14:19orders that in
00:14:22terms of all
00:15:12import salt from other countries, then they gave a six-month
00:15:15deadline to traders that if you bought salt
00:15:19at the borders or in another country, you must bring that
00:15:23salt within six months. After that, God willing, we will stop
00:15:27it, which they have currently stopped. Currently, we see that the companies
00:15:30that were working on salt processing are now
00:15:34working themselves, and we are using domestic salt.
00:16:37to raise it. This means that whatever we import from other
00:16:41countries, the quality of our domestic products should not be
00:16:45less than that, but it should be higher than that,
00:16:47so that our compatriots do not have any worries and use it.
00:16:51Because we currently see that washing materials are produced
00:16:55in every street, which affects
00:16:58someone who has standard production in Afghanistan,
00:17:01because you see that washing materials are produced
00:17:05in every street. Even if it is produced according to standards
00:17:08and it says Afghanistan on it, you might
00:17:11think that it was probably produced in a
00:17:15street or somewhere. This issue needs attention,
00:17:18because the quality of our products
00:17:22must also be raised. And also, the dumping policy previously,
00:17:26unfortunately, in previous governments, there were people in Afghanistan
00:17:29who were somehow in contact with other countries and intentionally
00:17:33did not prevent it, whether it was Iran, Pakistan, or other countries. Now.
00:18:07if there is work, if they don't have electricity, they might help with electricity.
00:18:11If they have financial problems, subsidies should be given to them. This means that
00:18:15the production capacity of our factories should be increased. The more
00:18:18we can have higher production,
00:18:22the more we will become self-sufficient and independent from other countries.
00:18:26Thank you, Mr. Farzad. As a final question, how much can
00:18:29the establishment of such industrial parks solve the problem
00:18:33of unemployment and also reduce migration?
00:18:37no place to go.
00:19:07This process continues. That is, the more
00:19:11the purchasing power of people increases, the more it can
00:19:14affect Afghanistan's economy. This means that if one of our compatriots
00:19:18used to buy shoes once every six months, if they have money, they might
00:19:22buy a pair of shoes a month. When the demand
00:19:26for shoes increases, its production also increases. When
00:19:29production increases, they are forced to hire
00:19:32new labor. When they
00:19:35hire new labor for it,
00:19:39the governments collect presumptive taxes
00:19:42from the taxes they collect from companies,
00:19:45from legal entities, and also from natural persons. That is, the more
00:19:49our compatriots work, the more the benefit goes to the government and to families. That is,
00:19:53this means that when people's purchasing power increases, demand arises in the market.
00:19:56Mr. Bargozar, this means that when a compatriot gets money,
00:20:00demand arises in the market. When demand occurs,
00:20:04naturally, supply occurs, and with
00:20:11these measures that have been taken, God willing, in reducing unemployment, in preventing our compatriots
00:20:15from leaving Afghanistan, from perishing
00:20:18in the deserts, unfortunately, and
00:20:21unfortunately, they become food for predators on the roads,
00:20:25and they drown in rivers. It is good that I don't think anyone, Mr.
00:20:28Barakzai, would leave their homeland or leave their home.
00:20:32When there are job opportunities in Afghanistan, why go to Iran? Why go to
00:20:36Pakistan? Therefore, we can say that these are good measures, and
00:20:40in economics, we have two types of policies: an expansionary policy
00:20:43and a contractionary policy. Expansionary means
00:20:47that governments try to somehow invest so that money
00:20:51comes into people's hands, which itself is an expansionary
00:20:54policy, and it helps in reducing unemployment,
00:20:57in increasing the capacity of Afghanistan's production, and
00:21:01in Afghanistan's growth. Thank you, Muhammad Taws
00:21:05Farzad, economic expert. Thank you for joining
00:21:07the discussion.
00:21:10This was the news for this hour. Thank you for your attention and company.
00:21:14Have a good time.
00:21:15Goodbye.
00:30:29Maidan Wardak province, the work of building
00:30:47bridges and culverts is ongoing.
00:30:49The Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense
00:30:53of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mufti Latifullah Hakimi,
00:30:57returned to the country after attending the Xiangshan Dollar International Security Forum
00:31:00in Beijing, the capital of China.
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