By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, July 8, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting minister of foreign affairs, said that there are many different propaganda efforts in Afghanistan, including propaganda claiming the country’s economy is weaker than before.
Speaking at the greeting ceremony for some Islamic Emirate officials who returned on Friday night from completing Hajj, Muttaqi said that while money used to be spent on war supplies and weaponry, it is now used for projects.
He also added as a critique that there had previously been a “war economy” and that providing narcotics to four million addicts was also considered an economy, and that this economy was “against the country and its future,” but there has now been a “revolution” in the country.
The acting foreign minister continued, saying that despite the international community’s sanctions and pressures on the current Afghan the government, the value of the Afghan currency in the nation remains steady and that the country’s economy would grow by putting a strong emphasis on the implementation of infrastructure projects.
“Your money has been given stability, the borders are open, anyone can do business, there is no famine, despite all these sanctions and pressures, this is an achievement,” Muttaqi continued.
According to some analysts, the reduction of aid from the international community is one of the causes of the country’s economic crisis.
“The economy was better during the republic government, which means that there was no more economic crisis. A lot of money was coming into Afghanistan from foreign countries, and secondly, drug trafficking was mostly in the hands of domestic and foreign mafias,” Aziz Marij, a political analyst said.
“Afghanistan needs a suitable, legitimate political platform and economic growth as the first step to attract foreign investment and trade to international banks and global credit institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank and other global financial institutions,” said Azerakhsh Hafizi, an economist.
This comes as international humanitarian organizations and the UN has repeatedly expressed concern about the economic and human rights situation in Afghanistan
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