{"id":20575,"date":"2026-04-27T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20575"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:38:43","slug":"baradar-urge-intl-community-for-economic-engagement-instead-of-sanctions-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/27\/baradar-urge-intl-community-for-economic-engagement-instead-of-sanctions-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Baradar urge int\u2019l community for economic engagement instead of sanctions on Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SHEBERGHAN: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, has called on the international community to adopt political and economic engagement instead of imposing sanctions on the country.<br>Speaking at the inauguration of the \u201cYatim Taq\u201d cement factory in Jawzjan province, Mullah Baradar said sanctions cannot prevent investment in Afghanistan nor weaken its economy.<br>He emphasized the importance of strengthening domestic production over imports, noting that the government\u2019s primary focus is on boosting local industries.<br>Baradar added that the Yatim Taq cement plant is being developed to reduce reliance on foreign imports and promote self-sufficiency.<br>The factory, with an investment of $160 million, is being launched in Jawzjan with the participation of senior government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHEBERGHAN: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, has called on the international community to adopt political and economic engagement instead of imposing sanctions on the country.Speaking at the inauguration of the \u201cYatim Taq\u201d cement factory in Jawzjan province, Mullah Baradar said sanctions cannot prevent investment in Afghanistan nor weaken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20577,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20575\/revisions\/20577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}