The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid heading a delegation left Kabul on Saturday to attend the third Doha meeting in Qatar, Mujahid said posting a picture on his X platform.

The third UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Sunday) in the Qatari capital Doha.

Special representatives of countries for Afghanistan are expected to attend the meeting.

Mujahid will lead IEA’s six-member delegation at the meeting. The delegation includes representatives of IEA’s political office in Qatar, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the counter-narcotics deputyship of the Interior Ministry and Da Afghanistan Bank.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce spokesman Abdulsalam Javad Akhundzadeh says Afghanistan’s exports carried out regularly in the first three months of 1403 solar year and $304 million have been exported during this period.

Akhundzadeh said that most of these exports were made to Pakistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, India, Austria, Uzbekistan, Russia and other countries.

“Afghanistan’s exports and imports during the first quarter of 1403 solar year were about two billion and 577 million dollars, of which 304 million dollars were exports and 2.273 million dollars were imports,” he said.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector asked MoIC to provide more facilities in the field of transportation to increase the country’s exports.

“As much as the facilities are provided to the traders, they can take advantage of these good opportunities,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, deputy of the Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock.

Economic experts believe that the more Afghan products are marketed in the world markets, the more exports will increase and will positively affect the country’s economic situation.

Earlier, the Islamic Emirate repeatedly emphasized that it has an economy-oriented policy and is trying to become a connecting point in the region in addition to increasing the export of Afghan goods to different countries.

Related stories: 

Afghanistan reaches self-sufficiency in production of 133 items: MoIC

Process of exporting fresh fruit to world markets kicks off: MoIC

Women’s rights is an internal issue and it will not be raised at the upcoming international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said on Saturday.

Mujahid told a press conference in Kabul that the Islamic Emirate’s conditions for participation in the meeting had been accepted and its delegation would go to Doha to talk and resolve the problems.

He added that the third Doha meeting will discuss economic issues, narcotics and the achievements of the Islamic Emirate.

“Within the framework of the country’s national interests, we ask all countries not to leave the people of Afghanistan alone in these difficult circumstances, but to fulfill their obligations towards the rights of the Afghan people and to contribute to the reconstruction and economic strengthening of Afghanistan and to remove obstacles,” Mujahid said.

He also called on the countries participating in the Doha meeting to engage positively with the Islamic Emirate.

The third UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Sunday) in the Qatari capital Doha.

Special representatives of countries on Afghanistan are expected to attend the meeting.

Zabihullah Mujahid will lead IEA’s six-member delegation at the meeting. The delegation includes representatives of IEA’s political office in Qatar, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, counter-narcotics deputyship of the Interior Ministry and Da Afghanistan Bank.

Related stories:

UN-led Doha meeting with IEA not about recognition, says UN

Rights groups upset over exclusion of Afghan women at UN-led Doha meeting