40% reduction in the activity of industrial parks due to lack of money in banks
The Afghan Industrialists' Association says the lack of money in the country's banks and the freezing of Afghan money by the United States have reduced the activity of industrial parks by 40 percent.

"Activities have been reduced by up to 40 percent," said Abdul Jabbar Safi, president of the Industrialists' Association. "The bottom line is that the banks do not work and the banks do not pay us and do not become a party."

A number of industrialists are urging the government to stop smuggling scrap metal abroad and to use domestic products in development projects in the country.
"We strongly urge the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan not to allow our iron ore to be smuggled out of the country in any way," said Abdul Nasir Rashtia, head of the steel factories.

On the other hand, customs officials say that there is no corruption in the country's customs now and the country's revenues have increased.
"When I see a factory that has been activated in May," said Rahmat al-Haq Abu Zaid, deputy finance minister at the Ministry of Finance. I saw a factory that was already paralyzed. They told me that the factory had just been activated. "It was a factory of lead raw materials and it could have gone any way it could."
There are currently 18 industrial parks in the country with around 5,500 large, medium and small factories, but many of these factories are now closed due to various