Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi after returning from Uzbekistan on Saturday said that his trip to Tashkent was different and that the trust of neighboring countries, especially Central Asian nations in Afghanistan’s economy has increased.

“We had previous trips to Uzbekistan, but in reality, this time was different. The difference was that neighboring countries, especially Central Asian countries, now have more faith in Afghanistan’s production, economy and trade,” said Azizi.

Azizi, who led a delegation, left Kabul four days ago to participate in a joint international expo of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.

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Nangarhar Customs officials say the volume of imports from Pakistan has decreased and that Afghanistan’s exports have increased.

They said that Pakistan always creates problems in the process of exports and imports, therefore, Kabul has no choice but to use alternative ways to import goods, and this has caused the volume of imports from Pakistan to decrease.

“Traders mostly import their goods from Chabahar port. Imports from Pakistan have decreased, but our exports have increased,” said Mohammad Khalid Omar, head of Nangarhar Customs.

Khalid Omar, however, stressed that the decrease in imports and increase in exports has not caused a change in Nangarhar customs revenue.

Meanwhile, the drop in imports from Pakistan has caused the business of some drivers who work on the Torkham-Kabul route to decrease.

The decline in imports from Pakistan has caused the work of some drivers who work on the Torkham-Kabul route to decrease.

“I used to commute three times a month, now once,” a truck driver said.

A number of businessmen, however, said that export and import problems should be resolved through dialogue with Pakistan.

Economic experts also said that Pakistan always breaks its commitments and unilaterally raises tariffs on Afghanistan’s export goods, and this causes traders to suffer huge financial losses from time to time.

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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in a message from prison said on Friday that Pakistani officials are “foolishly” threatening to attack Afghanistan, instead of restoring relations with the Islamic Emirate for countering terrorism.

In the message, Khan emphasized that without the support of the Afghan government, Pakistan would not succeed in the newly announced military operation.

“If you launch an operation against the Taliban (TTP), they will flee into Afghanistan. Without cooperation from Afghanistan, you cannot succeed in this operation. Why didn’t Bilawal Bhutto and the current foreign minister go to Afghanistan? Restoring relations with Afghanistan is our immediate need,” he said.

Khan warned that the new operation under the name of Azm-e Istehkam will increase instability in Pakistan.

Earlier, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif announced that his country will continue to carry out attacks in Afghanistan as part of Azm-e-Istehkam operation.

Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry in response warned that any attack would have consequences.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in this country are orchestrated in Afghanistan. But the Islamic Emirate denies these claims, saying that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s security failure.

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