Mullah Abdul Ghani Biradar, the Taliban’s first deputy governor, said a major agricultural project would be launched in the next few days.
“With the launch of this project, almost half of the country’s land will be irrigated,” Brother Baradar told a gathering marking Farmers’ Day on Saturday.
Taliban officials did not provide further details on the project.
He assured the Afghan farmers that the government was committed to supporting them in the agricultural sector and that no assistance would be spared from them.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Biradar mentioned strengthening the agricultural sector, mechanizing the country’s agricultural system, building canals, exporting agricultural products and distributing improved seeds were among the government’s priorities.
He stressed that for a united and prosperous Afghanistan, we must all work together and make Afghanistan stand on its own two feet.
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, at a cabinet meeting in Kandahar, had instructed the first deputy chief of staff to expedite work on major Afghan projects.