The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, who has traveled to Herat province with a number of cabinet ministers, says that last day, during the meeting with the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan and visiting the railway projects of Turghandi Port, TAPI, Barq Noorul Jihad; The two sides agreed to extend the Torghundi railway line to Herat city and other routes and start the practical work of this project. He also adds that the purpose of recognizing the Islamic Emirate; The opening of embassies in different countries and trade issues and officials' trips to countries have now achieved these goals.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Herat: Yesterday, Sunday (December 17), a number of cabinet ministers of the caretaker government held a meeting in the Maulana Balkhi Hall of Herat city in the presence of local officials, religious scholars, influential people, immigration lawyers, heads of councils and citizens of this city.

In this meeting, Maulavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Nuruddin Azizi, Minister of Industry and Trade, Maulavi Bakht-ur-Rahman Sharaft, General Manager of Afghanistan Railways, and a number of heads of competent delegations from the center were present.

While mentioning Herat as a safe and blessed city, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar called for unity and empathy among all ethnic groups and religions living in the country and said: The only way for the country to progress is the unity and integration of different ethnic groups.

Mr. Delavar also added: In the last two years, four blocks of Ghorian iron mine with an area of 950 square kilometers have been handed over to companies, on which six and a half billion dollars have been invested and thousands of people are employed.

The Minister of Mines and Petroleum also called the implementation of the TAPI project effective in the country's economic growth and emphasized: thousands of people will be employed in this project without going to other countries to work.

He also added: the route of the Herat-Ghor highway will be tarred and paved for about 350 kilometers from the lead and prospecting revenues of this province, and in addition to that, the route of Badghis province will also be built.

On the other hand, Nooruddin Azizi, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the country, said: the leadership of the Islamic Emirate has been trying since the beginning of victory to keep the country afloat from an economic point of view and the implementation of development projects. 

Azizi also added: All the roads in the provinces and highways of the country have been reconstructed or are under construction, which is considered a great achievement in the direction of implementing large development projects.

The Minister of Industry and Trade also stated that various laws, including Afghanistan's commercial and economic laws, have been arranged and sent to the leadership of the Islamic Emirate with the cooperation of intellectual elites, university professors and worthy youth, and will be implemented after review.

In addition, Maulavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country, said: Yesterday, in the presence of the Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan, they visited the Bandar Torghundi railway, the TAPI project, and the Noor-ul-Jihad power project in Herat.

He added that they reached an agreement to develop the railway line to Herat city and other routes and start its practical work.

Mr. Muttaqi also mentioned about the TAPI project and said: Agreements have been made to start this project.

According to him, the strengthening of the electricity network imported from Turkmenistan to Herat is one of the other issues that the two sides of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have exchanged views on.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs also added: In the previous government, insecurity, addiction, drug trafficking and all kinds of corruption had reached their peak, and now fundamental works have been done in these sectors.

He added: In the current situation, security prevails all over the country, drug addicts have been treated, and there has been a serious fight against smuggling, cultivation and sale of drugs and corruption.

Mr. Muttaqi also stated: During the Soviet wars, all facilities were destroyed, public assets were looted, and thousands of people were massacred, but with the victory of the Islamic Emirate, a general amnesty was announced, and all ethnic groups and religions are present in the cabinet of the Islamic Emirate, and the government of all It is inclusive.

He also added: the purpose of being recognized; The embassies have been opened in different countries and business issues and official trips to the countries have been going on, and now these goals have been achieved.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs added: Currently, the people of Afghanistan are living in security, but some people use insecurity as an excuse to go to foreign countries.

He pointed out: Herat has passed the severe crisis of the earthquake and the Islamic Emirate has spent all its power to take care of the earthquake victims.

He recently expressed hope that important development and economic projects will start in the country in the near future.

It should be mentioned that a number of cabinet ministers of the caretaker government have traveled to Herat province since yesterday.