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Pakistan failed to fulfill 70 commitments for transit relations with Afghanistan

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9 years ago

January 27, 2015

(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that Pakistan has failed to fulfill its 70 commitments to improve the trade and transit relations with Afghanistan.

Officials in Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that after this there will be the same reaction against Pakistan’s every action.

They said the government should realize another option instead of Pakistan that India can be a good substitute.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s findings indicates that Islamabad had committed to fulfill 25 commitments in President Ghani’s last trip to Pakistan. But while three months passed since Ghani’s trip only 2 of Pakistan’s commitments fulfilled to improve the transit and trade relations with Afghanistan.

Deputy of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Khan Jan Alkozai said, “We demand the national unity government to not sign the tripartite agreement with Pakistan and Tajikistan.”

Ministry of commerce and Industry also urges Pakistan to fulfill all commitments given in Ghani’s trip to Islamabad.

“Afghanistan has always stood on its commitments, but Pakistan has only been committed on paper,” Mutasel Komaki, deputy of ministry of commerce said.

Meanwhile, a number of Afghan analysts are said to believe that Pakistan has never been committed to improve political and trade relations with Afghanistan and President Ghani should take a serious action.

In President Ghani’s trip to Pakistan a delegation, led by the Acting Minister of Commerce and Industries, pushed for the implementation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade and Transit Agreement (APTTA).

Both being neighboring states, relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan began in August 1947 after Pakistan became independent.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have been described by former Afghan President Hamid Karzai as “inseparable brothers”.

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Azizi calls on Malaysian investors to invest in Afghanistan

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1 day ago

April 24, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 24, 2024)

Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, defense and interior of Malaysia, along with other senior officials, on Wednesday and called on Malaysians to invest in Afghanistan.

The visiting delegation is being led by senior diplomat Dr. Shazelina Zainul Abidin.

According to the IEA’s foreign ministry, the two sides discussed bilateral trade, holding a business communication conference to strengthen trade relations between the two countries, the trade balance between Afghanistan and Malaysia, and creating a market for Afghan products, including carpets, cotton, and minerals.

According to the ministry, at the end of the meeting, the Acting Minister emphasized the increase of investment from regional countries in Afghanistan and called on Malaysian investors to also invest in Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan starts exporting via railway to Turkey

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3 days ago

April 22, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 22, 2024)

The Ministry of Interior says that Afghanistan has started exporting goods to Turkey via the Herat-Khaf railway line.

In a post on X, the ministry said: “Afghanistan’s exports to Turkey started in a calm atmosphere through the Herat-Khaf railway line.”

The ministry added that one train will run daily for a month and then two trains will run daily.

According to the ministry, the security of Khaf-Herat railway line is provided by the guards of the National Public Protection Agency.

Khaf-Herat railway project not only connects Iran and Afghanistan by rail, but also completes a 2,000-kilometer route along the east-west rail corridor from China, through Uzbekistan, to Afghanistan, to Iran, and on to Turkey and Europe.

As a landlocked country, this railway network will provide a safe route to connect with Europe via Iran’s railway network and Iran’s southern ports.

This railway line is strategic for trade between Iran and Afghanistan and will allow six million tons of goods to be sent between the two countries.

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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan to hold joint expo in Kabul

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4 days ago

April 21, 2024

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(Last Updated On: April 21, 2024)

A joint expo between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan will be held in Kabul in the next four days, officials said on Sunday.

Officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that the two-day expo will be held for the purpose of expanding and strengthening trade relations between the two countries.

“This expo will be held as a follow-up of the Kazakh-Afghan international expo, which was held in the city of Astana, Kazakhstan, with the participation of a large delegation of the government and the private sector of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Abdulsalam Javad Akhundzadeh, the spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said.
“At this expo, domestic products from different sectors of Afghanistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan will be put on display for two days.”

According to officials, 40 large Kazakh companies, and 40 large Afghan companies will exhibit their products.

Mohammad Saber Latifi, head of the Afghanistan International Expo Center, said that fruits, minerals and commercial services will be displayed at the expo.

During the expo, various memorandums of understanding for the trade of goods are also expected to be signed by companies.