Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Has Been Appointed as the Deputy PM for Economic Affairs

Feb 6, 2022

By the order of Amir al-Mu'minin of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund has been introduced as the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs to members of the Cabinet, the Economic Ministries, and all independent state-owned firms.

In his speech, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund said: "During the last 20 years of occupation, no fundamental work has been done for the county’s economic progress, and it has been affected hard by widespread corruption." He further added that during the tenure of the previous administration, millions and billions of dollars had gone into the pockets of a few specific individuals and no fundamental work had been done for the improvement of the country’s economy.

During his speech, Mullah Baradar Akhund said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is working in coordination with the relevant agencies for the economic reconstruction of the country and strives to make Afghanistan more self-sufficient and self-reliant.

Addressing the gathering, Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan supports all major economic projects such as TAPI, TAP, CASA 1000, and railways and is working to eradicate corruption. He added that with the advent of the Islamic Emirate, corruption in all government institutions has been reduced to zero, thus increasing the revenue to the state exchequer by millions.

Mr. Abdul Salam Hanafi also said that bureaucracy in government institutions has been eradicated and they are making further efforts to reduce it to zero. He added that the service receivers are happy and their work is finished in a short period of time.

Addressing the gathering, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar said: "Afghanistan is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of mines, and the Islamic Emirate is trying its best to extract these mines and use them for the economic reconstruction of the country." He added that the Islamic Emirate is closely monitoring the mining of all the mines in Afghanistan and is trying to prevent unprofessional mining and instead extract these mines legally, which will also provide employment to thousands of people.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar said that with the advent of the Islamic Emirate, the Ministry of Mines has accumulated over four billion Afghanis in revenue over the last four months, which is higher than the previous government's eight-month revenue (111 million Afghanis).