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Kazakhstan Trade House opens in Afghanistan’s Herat province

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Kazakhstan Trade House in Afghanistan has officially opened in Herat province with the aim of increasing the volume of trade exchanges between the two countries.

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Noorudin Azizi called the opening of the Kazakhstan Trade House in Afghanistan a "positive and effective step" in strengthening and expanding trade relations between the two countries.

He stated that as a result of the trip of an Afghan delegation to Kazakhstan, Afghanistan's exports to Kazakhstan have increased.

Meanwhile, Arman Yusintayev, head of the Kazakhstan Trade House in Afghanistan, highlighted that the aim of opening a trade house in Afghanistan is to increase the volume of trade exchanges between the two countries, adding Kazakhstan is interested in expanding trade relations with Afghanistan.

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Russia to convene bilateral working group with Afghanistan

This format will temporarily serve as an alternative to the intergovernmental commission, Russia’s envoy Zamir Kabulov said

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Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, said Moscow plans to establish a bilateral working group with Kabul on trade and economic relations.

This format will temporarily serve as an alternative to the intergovernmental commission, he said.

Speaking to Russian media outlet Solovyov Live, Kabulov said: “Next spring, a bilateral working group on trade and economic relations will convene.

“In the current circumstances, with the regime (Islamic Emirate) not yet formally recognized politically, this group will essentially stand in for the intergovernmental commission on economic, trade, and other cooperation,” Kabulov said.

This comes after President Vladimir Putin signed a law late last month allowing for the temporary suspension of the prohibition on organizations listed as terrorist groups, including the Islamic Emirate.

As Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and leader of the LDPR party, previously explained, these new measures aim to facilitate legal interactions between Russia and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

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Balkh’s copper industry hit hard by struggling economy

A number of coppersmiths in Mazar-e-Sharif city say one of their biggest problems is that the market is flooded with cheap, foreign goods.

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For generations, coppersmiths have plied their trade in northern Balkh province, but the few that are left say they are struggling to survive in Afghanistan’s battered economy.

They say the market for handmade copper products has shrunk over the years and that people no longer use their pots, pans and water jugs as they did in the past.

They have in turn appealed to the public to start using their household items instead of buying mass produced imported items.

A number of coppersmiths in Mazar-e-Sharif city say one of their biggest problems is that the market is flooded with cheap, foreign goods.

Chamber of Craftsmen in Balkh officials acknowledge the industry is shrinking but have said efforts are being made to boost the sector. They have also appealed to the public to support domestic products.

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Former Australian hostage in Afghanistan Timothy Weeks dies in Kabul

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Timothy Weeks, a 54-year-old English language teacher from Australia, who spent three and a half years in captivity in Afghanistan, died in Kabul on Wednesday.

Weeks, who converted to Islam and went by the name of Jibra’il Omar, was living in Kabul at the time of his death.

The Australian academic had been a lecturer at the American University in Kabul in 2016 when taken hostage by the Islamic Emirate along with an American colleague Kevin King.

He was held hostage for three years before being released in a prisoner swap in 2019.

The prisoner-swap deal saw the two men released in exchange for three Islamic Emirate prisoners, including Anas Haqqani.

According to a statement issued by the Islamic Emirate, Omar passed away in Kabul on Wednesday. He had been battling cancer for “a long time”, the statement read.

“He was captured by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate in the past years, then he was released from prison during the exchange of prisoners, then he converted to the holy religion of Islam with his self-satisfaction and changed his name from Timothy Weeks to (Jabriel Omar),” the statement read.

“Jabriel Omar worked as an English teacher in Kabul. He was very fond of Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate, and based on that he considered it best to live in Kabul,” the IEA said.

Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate’s ministry of interior, said on X that the “MoI of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expresses its deep sorrow over his death and expresses its condolences to his friends and relatives.”

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