KABUL, 22 February 2022, (TON): Acting Mines and Petroleum Minister Shahabuddin Dilawar has termed the auctioning of mining contacts a failed attempt and said “in order to ensure transparency, laws of the previous government are still being implemented in the ministry.

Key points of Pajhwok Afghan News exclusive interview with Shaikhul Hadith Shahabuddin Dilawar, acting minister of mining and petroleum.

Previous government laws are still implemented in the ministry of mines, we tried the auction process for one contract which was a failed attempt, now contracts are issued through bidding, in order to ensure transparency, mining contracts bidding is carried out in front of media persons, new government policy is that illegal mining will be fully stopped, individual stealing state property is a thieve,

A national thieve and national traitor, foreign aid is tied with bitter policies, our country is rich and we should depend on ourselves, after the takeover of new government, the mining ministry collected over five billion afs revenue.

Pajhwok: Afghanistan is rich in natural resource and people expect that the untapped natural reserve will help strengthen the country’s economy, what is you view how long it will take for Afghanistan mining sector to strengthen the country’s economy?