Chaired by President Hamid Karzai, the weekly session of council of ministers (CM) was held at presidential palace yesterday.
The CM initially strongly condemned the attack of the terrorists on civilians at the Qargha Dam in Kabul that resulted in martyrdom and wounding of civilians calling it signs of their weakness and offered peace for the souls of the martyrs and immediate recovery of the wounded of this incident.
The recent floods in Ghour, Faryab, and Takhar that caused life and material losses to the countrymen were taken up at the session.
The CM assigned the ministries of rehabilitation and rural development and the committee for national disaster and the Afghan Red Crescent Society to dispatch the assistance of the government to the affected people and the CM offered peace for the souls of those lost their lives in the catastrophe.
Then Marshal Mohammad Qaseem Fahim informed the CM on his visit to Saripul and the opening of the petroleum Zone of Amu River and stressed that the opening of this project is a bold step towards progress in the country and that it will lead to economic development of Afghanistan.
Minister of Finance, informed the session about the documents for Tokyo Conference and said that as per the decision of 15th Jawza of current year, the documents has been shared with the government departments and the civil society and their views were sought.
In the document the strategic viewpoints of Afghanistan for ten coming years (2015 to 2025) has been incorporated and it is the result of work on the 22 days national programs that was made as a result of Kabul conference.
In this document the commitments of Afghanistan in respect to usage of the international community’s assistance with further transparency, good governance, and national management has been mentioned and it is added that the government of Afghanistan with understanding of theirs reality that only progress in those areas can bring about development for creation a better environment for trade and increased private investment and additional national income.
He noted that if the assistance is expended responsibly under the leadership of the Afghans, the ground will be prepared for job opportunities, development of individual and access to higher education for the government.
The document also resembles self-sufficiency in the country, having strong sustainable and just order, basic investments, development of human resources, development of private sector, and agriculture, development of infrastructures, environment, struggle against narcotics and participation of women in economic, social growth of the country have been mentioned.
Another part of the document includes creation of income and development of infrastructure, extraction industries, ensuring of energy, information technology, communications, jobs creation, food security, agriculture and rural development, upgrading the capacities and expenditure of budget, regional cooperation and governance, removal of financial gap, anticipation of non-net production, income and expenses.
The minister of finance stressed that on the basis of the national programs the expenses between the 2013 and 2020 annually would be around 3.9 billion dollars and attention is paid on the policy for preservation and supervision of public properties and public assets.
President Karzai expressed his considerations and views on the Tokyo conference documents and the views of other participants were also taken into account.
The CM assigned the Minister of Finance to take note of the views of the cabinet ministers and by its addition to the national programs the return of the refugees in the document should be rectified and referred to the coming session of the cabinet for adoption.
The governor of Urozgan along with some members of parliament and influential of that province shared a series of their environmental problems including non-completion of Dehrawoud Terenkut, Kandahar, Terenkut and Charcheno Terenkut, central hospital of Urozgan, the problem of Bande Agha Jan and Tangi, rehabilitation of police command, shortage of local police and its equipment non-transfer of equipment of the public order from Kandahar, delay in NSP projects, shortage of teachers, fight of civil aircrafts to the province, and a series of other problems.
The CM assigned the ministers of public works, public health, defense, interior affairs, energy and water, rehabilitation and rural development, education, transport and civil aviation, information and culture, the department of local organs and the national security department director led by minister of economy so that all the problems of the province is discussed in their presence.
The finance ministry was assigned to allocate USD 3 million for building of the district headquarters and the police command in the province in the center and districts of the province. (BNA)
The CM initially strongly condemned the attack of the terrorists on civilians at the Qargha Dam in Kabul that resulted in martyrdom and wounding of civilians calling it signs of their weakness and offered peace for the souls of the martyrs and immediate recovery of the wounded of this incident.
The recent floods in Ghour, Faryab, and Takhar that caused life and material losses to the countrymen were taken up at the session.
The CM assigned the ministries of rehabilitation and rural development and the committee for national disaster and the Afghan Red Crescent Society to dispatch the assistance of the government to the affected people and the CM offered peace for the souls of those lost their lives in the catastrophe.
Then Marshal Mohammad Qaseem Fahim informed the CM on his visit to Saripul and the opening of the petroleum Zone of Amu River and stressed that the opening of this project is a bold step towards progress in the country and that it will lead to economic development of Afghanistan.
Minister of Finance, informed the session about the documents for Tokyo Conference and said that as per the decision of 15th Jawza of current year, the documents has been shared with the government departments and the civil society and their views were sought.
In the document the strategic viewpoints of Afghanistan for ten coming years (2015 to 2025) has been incorporated and it is the result of work on the 22 days national programs that was made as a result of Kabul conference.
In this document the commitments of Afghanistan in respect to usage of the international community’s assistance with further transparency, good governance, and national management has been mentioned and it is added that the government of Afghanistan with understanding of theirs reality that only progress in those areas can bring about development for creation a better environment for trade and increased private investment and additional national income.
He noted that if the assistance is expended responsibly under the leadership of the Afghans, the ground will be prepared for job opportunities, development of individual and access to higher education for the government.
The document also resembles self-sufficiency in the country, having strong sustainable and just order, basic investments, development of human resources, development of private sector, and agriculture, development of infrastructures, environment, struggle against narcotics and participation of women in economic, social growth of the country have been mentioned.
Another part of the document includes creation of income and development of infrastructure, extraction industries, ensuring of energy, information technology, communications, jobs creation, food security, agriculture and rural development, upgrading the capacities and expenditure of budget, regional cooperation and governance, removal of financial gap, anticipation of non-net production, income and expenses.
The minister of finance stressed that on the basis of the national programs the expenses between the 2013 and 2020 annually would be around 3.9 billion dollars and attention is paid on the policy for preservation and supervision of public properties and public assets.
President Karzai expressed his considerations and views on the Tokyo conference documents and the views of other participants were also taken into account.
The CM assigned the Minister of Finance to take note of the views of the cabinet ministers and by its addition to the national programs the return of the refugees in the document should be rectified and referred to the coming session of the cabinet for adoption.
The governor of Urozgan along with some members of parliament and influential of that province shared a series of their environmental problems including non-completion of Dehrawoud Terenkut, Kandahar, Terenkut and Charcheno Terenkut, central hospital of Urozgan, the problem of Bande Agha Jan and Tangi, rehabilitation of police command, shortage of local police and its equipment non-transfer of equipment of the public order from Kandahar, delay in NSP projects, shortage of teachers, fight of civil aircrafts to the province, and a series of other problems.
The CM assigned the ministers of public works, public health, defense, interior affairs, energy and water, rehabilitation and rural development, education, transport and civil aviation, information and culture, the department of local organs and the national security department director led by minister of economy so that all the problems of the province is discussed in their presence.
The finance ministry was assigned to allocate USD 3 million for building of the district headquarters and the police command in the province in the center and districts of the province. (BNA)
Source : Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), International Service
