KABUL (SW) – Officials of the Ministry of Economy say that during the last one year, they have given operating licenses to 376 non-government organizations, including 21 foreign organizations.
Officials of the said ministry made these statements on Sunday during a press conference in connection with the government’s accountability program. Officials said that with the registration of these NGOs by the Ministry of Economy, the total number of NGOs in the country currently reached 2393, of which 272 are foreign organizations.
Officials of the Ministry of Economy said that during the last one year, they canceled the licenses of 216 NGOs, four of which are foreign NGOs. At the same time, during the current year, the activities of some organizations have been suspended or reduced due to the prevention of Afghan women’s work in domestic and foreign NGOs.
Abdul Rahman Habib, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Economy, emphasized that 3,573 projects have reached the stage of implementation, the value of which reaches 1.6 billion afghanis. He said: “Of these projects 2,233 projects, which are 62 percent, covered agriculture, health, social security, infrastructure, fighting against natural disasters, governance, and education and training,” he said.
At the same time, the officials of the Ministry of Economy also said in this program that they had significant achievements in different fields during the last one year.
Abdul Latif Nazri, the deputy minister, said that in the past one year, they have organized the activities of the institutions and largely neutralized the economic sanctions of foreign countries. He said: “We have planned economic development and growth in such a way that all our efforts are aimed at solving the livelihood problems of the citizens.”
It is worth noting that after the fall of the previous government, the country is still struggling with many economic problems.
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