Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev has said his country’s main goal is to establish positive bilateral ties with Afghanistan. The provincial Media and Information Center in a statement said Balkh governor met with Uzbekistan special representative…
Uzbekistan Special Envoy for Afghanistan Abdul Aziz Kamilov has arrived in Afghanistan and held separate meetings with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoub Mujahid. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Ministry…
Three rockets have been fired from Afghanistan’s soil into Uzbekistan, causing no damage or casualties, an official said on Wednesday. Balkh police spokesperson Mohammad Asif Waziri confirmed three rockets were fired from the Hairatan border area into Uzbekistan.…
Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has held discussions with Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Sardor Umarzakov. Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy PM, Amir Khan Muttaqi, foreign minister, and Nooruddin Azizi, minister of commerce, were also present at Tuesday’s meeting.…
Afghan and Uzbek officials have discussed the Sarkhan-Pul-e-Khamri 500 Kilowatt electricity supply cable, Mazar-e-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway track projects and appointed technical teams for the implementation of these projects, according to a statement on Sunday. A statement from the Ministry…
Uzbekistani ambassador to Kabul on Wednesday told a commercial conference here that trade volume between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan would reach $2 billion in the next three years. Khwaja Shadmanov, Uzbekistani envoy, made the revelation at a two-day conference…
Afghan and Uzbekistan have agreed on creating a joint economic zone on their common border to boost bilateral trade. The proposed economic zone, to be set up in the Sarkhandarya province of Uzbekistan, will facilitate Afghan traders and…
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hanif Atmar, heading a high-level delegation to Tashkent, has met his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation in different fields and agreed on the signing of a power transmission…
Acting Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar will sign a 10-year electricity import agreement with Uzbekistan during his two-day official visit to the country, an official said on Thursday. Geran Hewad, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Atmar…
Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib met with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in his office on Sunday, according to a statement from Presidential Palace. Both sides discussed bilateral relation, peace process, regional security, joint counter-terrorism efforts,…
KABUL by 70 percent. Construction of the Afghan section of the 260-kilometer transmission line between Uzbekistan’s Surkhan region and Pul-i-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, will start in June. The Asian Development Bank has pledged $70 million for the project,…
KABUL and Uzbekistan on Tuesday signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in Kabul , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and his Uzbek counterpart Abdul Aziz Kamilov inked the agreement at the Presidential Palace, a statement from…
