Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed an agreement on transit trade, allowing truckers from both countries to take goods to all cities. The Afghanistan Ministry of Transport and Aviation on Monday said the agreement called ‘TAD’ with Pakistan granted permission to commercial vehicles of both countries to enter all cities in the two countries for the More

The Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has voiced its deep concern at a new levy imposed on exports by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. The two percent infrastructure development levy on exports would negatively impact the already declining trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the joint chamber feared. PAJCCI President Qazi Zahid Hussain saw More

The Peshawar-Torkham highway has been shut for a week for cargo trucks, inflicting massive financial losses on Afghan traders, the Afghan embassy in Islamabad says. The embassy wrote on its X page: “After the closure and opening of Torkham crossing for several times during the fruit and vegetable season, the Peshawar-Torkham highway has been blocked More

The Pak-Afghan Liaison Committee (PALC) has called for the suspension of Temporary Admission Document (TAD) policy for truckers. A two-month deferral of the recently-enforced travel condition would help clear the long queues of goods-laden trucks stranded on both sides of the Torkham crossing. Businessmen made the demand at a meeting of the committee, chaired by More

The first shipment of Afghanistan’s minerals has been exported to China via Iran’s Chabahar port, a media report said on Friday. IRNA reported Hussain Shahdadi, deputy administrative head of Sistan Balochistan’s ports, saying: “Today, the first transit shipment comprised of 12 lorry Afghanistan’s stones exported to China from Chabahar Port, the shipment arrived to the More

Customs clearing agents have suggested the creation of a joint Pak-Afghan trade office at Torkham. The proposed office will facilitate uninterrupted trade between between the neighbours, as well as with Central Asian republics, they argue. Aimal Shinwari, president of the Torkham Customs Clearing Agents Association, floated the suggestion at a news conference at the Landikotal More

Iran’s Economic Adviser to Afghanistan underlines that 25 percent of Afghanistan’s imports originate from Iran, with trade volumes showing significant improvement. Over $724 million worth of exports were sent to Afghanistan in the first four months of this year, marking a 28 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to Iranian media. More

The Mines and Petroleum Department in central Panjsher province has sold 2,034 carats of emerald for $131,300, an official said on Tuesday. Mohammad Qasim Amir, director of the department, said more than 80 traders from Panjsher, Kabul, Kapisa, Balkh, Parwan, Logar, Kandahar and Nangarhar took part in the auction. He said the emeralds sold had More

Fresh fruit and vegetable exports from Afghanistan to Pakistan have been suspended for two weeks. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce linked the suspension to a huge increase in customs tariffs by Islamabad. In the wake of increased customs duty on fresh fruits and vegetables, many Afghans complain, the tariff hike had made the export More

Belarus becomes the tenth full-fledged member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a media report said on Thursday. Ankasam reported the signing ceremony was held at the Independence Palace in Astana, where meetings of the Council of Heads of State of the SCO member states are held. China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan More