Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi and the head of the committee for creating facilities for returning businessmen said in a meeting with Abdul Salam Hanafi, the administrative deputy to the prime minister, that the committee is looking to create industrial parks and distribute land for returning businessmen and investors.
In a bid to encourage them, the committee has also considered tax exemptions.
“This committee aims to create industrial parks and distribute land to returning businessmen and investors, and this committee has also considered tax exemptions to encourage them,” said Abdulsalam Jawad Akhundzada, a spokesman for MoIC.
Meanwhile, Hanafi said that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate is trying to create facilities for businessmen and investors and asked all Afghan businessmen and investors living abroad to invest in Afghanistan and contribute to the development of the country.
“Fortunately, there are good investment opportunities in Afghanistan, every sector that has invested in Pakistan, if it is transferred to Afghanistan, we have both the capacity and the consumer market in the country,” said Sakhi Ahmad Payman, deputy head of Afghanistan Chamber of Industries and Mines.
“We hope that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will facilitate the return of the investments made in Pakistan to Afghanistan,” he added.
Meanwhile, the joint chamber of commerce of Afghanistan and Pakistan said that efforts are underway to transfer Afghans investments to Afghanistan.