Afghan and Indian officials have stressed the need to expand economic and industrial cooperation and New Delhi invited Afghanistan to participate in 2026 Bharat Tex Expo. Director of Economic Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) along with Alhaj Arif, head of industrial parks, met with officials from India’s Ministry of Textiles, the Ministry More
Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launched soon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday. The announcement came during a visit to New Delhi by Afghanistan’s Trade Minister Nooruddin Azizi, who has urged India to boost trade and open cargo hubs as Kabul seeks access to grains, medicines and industrial goods More
The Afghanistan National Standards and Quality Authority says a 24-ton shipment of low-quality isogam imported from Iran has been returned via the Nimroz border crossing. The authority said in a statement on Thursday that its technical staff at Nimroz port identified the shipment—containing 24 tons of construction isogam—that did not meet national quality standards, and More
At least 500 kilograms of fish smuggled from Pakistan were seized at the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, the Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock Department said on Tuesday. According to a department statement, the Torkham Animal Quarantine staff detected and captured the illegally imported fish. The seized fish was subsequently buried in the presence of More
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced that, based on the directive of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, medicines imported from Pakistan will no longer be processed through customs after the next three months — effectively halting their import. In a statement released on Thursday, the ministry said the decision More
The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs has urged industrialists and traders to seek alternative trade routes instead of relying on Pakistan, warning that if they fail to do so, the Afghanistan will not address any resulting problems. During a meeting with industrialists and traders in Kabul, Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar said: More
The closure of the Torkham crossing has caused trade losses exceeding 45 million US dollars to Afghanistan and Pakistan, while losses in exports and imports are estimated at 16.5 billion Pakistani rupees, a media report said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported that the losses occurred over the past month as a result of the More
The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) has announced the arrival of more than 20 wagons of diesel fuel — totaling 1,120 tons — through the Khwaf–Herat railway line in western Herat province. Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, the ministry’s spokesperson, wrote on X that, for the first time, 20 wagons of Type-02 diesel fuel, belonging to a More
Saudi Delta International Company has evinced a keen interest in investing in Afghanistan’s oil and gas sectors, as well as in the extension of TAPI pipeline project, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) announced on Thursday. Minister of Mines and Petroleum Mullah Hidayatullah Badri met with Ali Saeed Al-Khayar, CEO of Saudi Delta International More
Iran’s imports from Afghanistan during the first six months of this year exceeded $26 million, an Iranian official in Kabul said on Wednesday. Hussein Roustaei, Trade Advisor at the Iranian Embassy in Afghanistan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that key imports included barley, cooking oil, plants used in perfume production, wild rue (espand), almonds with shell, More
