Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Kabul, Gaziz Akbasov, has said that bilateral trade between Astana and Kabul currently stands at around $500 million per year, but his country aims to increase it to $3 billion annually.
The transit and movement of commercial goods between Afghanistan and Iran are continuing as normal, despite the ongoing conflict in the neighbouring country, with up to 1,300 cargo trucks crossing through the Islam Qala border in western Herat province each day.
Afghanistan’s trade volume with Central Asian countries recorded a significant increase in 2025 compared to the previous year, with imports rising by 43 percent and exports by 77 percent, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) said on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan totaled approximately $2.461 billion in 2024 but declined to $1.766 billion in 2025.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) says commercial memorandums of understanding worth more than $156 million were signed during the Afghanistan–Kyrgyzstan Trade Connectivity Conference held in Kabul.
Afghans on social media have expressed strong support for the recent announcement halting trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Many praised the decision, describing it as “a true stance, not just words… a courageous act… the beginning of our economic strength and national pride… an excellent and historic step.”
Afghanistan-Pakistan trade via the Kharlachi crossing has resumed after six months, officials from the two countries say.
The Uzbek ambassador to Kabul has said that trade volume between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan has reached $1.1 billion and is expected to rise to $2 billion next year.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Islamic Emirate leadership has decreed provision of necessary facilities for businesspeople at ports, transit points and on highways. Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X that the decree was issued in view of the country’s geographical…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Pakistan government has been urged to open trade routes between the tribal district of Bajaur and Afghanistan. Speakers issued the call at a well-attended event organised by the Bajaur Culture Association in Khar on Wednesday. The government…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): For the first time ever, Pakistan’s trade with Afghanistan has gone in favour of Kabul, says the federal minister for commerce. In an interview published on Monday, Syed Naveed Qamar linked the pro-Kabul trade tilt mainly large-scale coal…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Kabul and Islamabad have been urged to initiate effective measures for the promotion of the Afghan transit trade. Frontier Customs Clearing Agents Association head Ziaul Haq Sarhadi issued the call at a meeting on Friday. The meeting that…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s finance minister has called for further cementing trade and economic links with Afghanistan. Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar issued the call at a meeting with Ubaid Ur Rehman Nizamani, head of Pakistan’s mission to Afghanistan. In a tweet…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan says it desires durable peace and stability in the region for the promotion of trade. Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi voiced Pakistan’s desire during a visit to the Kharlachi crossing…
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Traders in southern Kandahar province say business via Spin Boldak-Chaman route has declined by 50 percent due to some problems. They say besides customs duty, the Kandahar Department of Transport also collects money from truckers under different…
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Dozens of trucks loaded with transit trade goods have entered Afghanistan via the Torkham border, officials say. In compliance with government directives, police allowed 37 trucks stranded in various parts of Khyber district to enter Afghanistan on Friday.…
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has endorsed the country’s first national trade policy, which sets out a five-year agenda for overcoming challenges that Afghan businesses face in tapping into international value chains, a joint statement said on Thursday. Afghanistan achieved…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Traders and their representatives in northern Balkh province say commercial activities declined by 20 percent at Hairatan and Aqina ports due to recent insecurity in northern provinces. They say the Taliban also collect taxes from traders on the…
KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai has stressed the need for sustainable regional cooperation for security and economic development. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) quoted Khalil as emphasizing the need for regional countries’ cooperation…
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday said trade between Afghanistan through the Torkham border had further declined. The fall was linked to problems Afghan traders faced in Pakistan, Torkham port officials told…
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): The deputy governor on Thursday inaugurated an all-women trade center built by a businesswoman in the capital of southern Kandahar province. Deputy governor Abdul Hanan Munib, who inaugurated the market building named “Afghan Sisters Market” in Kandahar City,…
