{"id":6346,"date":"2026-02-08T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/08\/herat-governor-increases-rice-oil-imports-ramadan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:58:56","slug":"herat-governor-increases-rice-oil-imports-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/08\/herat-governor-increases-rice-oil-imports-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"Herat Governor Urges Increase in Rice and Oil Imports Ahead of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The local Taliban administration in Herat has announced that with the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, increasing the import of foodstuffs, especially rice and oil, is a priority to strengthen supply in markets and facilitate easier access for residents.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Maulana Islamjar, the governor of Herat, said in a meeting with rice and oil importers that during Ramadan, a sufficient quantity of these items must be available in the market to prevent unreasonable price hikes and ease the economic pressure on families.<\/p>\n<p>He called on traders to prioritize the import of rice and oil and assured that the process of transferring these goods through the Herat-Khaf railway line, Islam Qala Customs, and the Torghundi port will be facilitated.<\/p>\n<p>However, economic experts emphasize that merely increasing imports is not enough; the Taliban administration also needs to focus seriously on market monitoring, preventing hoarding, and ensuring transparency in distribution so that price reductions effectively benefit the residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herat&#8217;s governor stresses boosting rice and oil imports before Ramadan to stabilize prices and ease access for residents, urging improved market oversight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}