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Trade between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan has increased to $508 million.
Bilateral trade between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan reached $508.2 million in the first half of 2026, representing a 2.5-fold increase compared with the same period last year.Accord…
A 16-member delegation of Uzbek businesspeople has traveled to Kunduz.
Local news sources in Kunduz report that a 16-member delegation of Uzbek businesspeople, led by Bahrom Yusupov, Deputy Governor of Jizzakh Province, has traveled to Kunduz Province…
The Taliban sold 156 kilograms of Neelam stone through a bidding process in Maidan Wardak province.
The Taliban’s media office in Maidan Wardak province says that, for the first time in the province, 156 kilograms of Neelam stone, also known as “green sapphire,” has been sold thr…
The number of newly established factories operating in Herat’s iron-smelting sector has increased.
In Herat, the Taliban’s Department of Industry and Commerce says that an iron-melting factory in the province has the capacity to produce 40 metric tons of construction steel produ…
The Taliban have awarded the Shor Taq coal mine in Faryab province to a domestic company.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum says it has signed a contract worth $776,500 with a domestic company for the extraction of coal from the Shor Taq area in Khwaja Sabz…
Iran’s ambassador to Kabul visits Sarai Shahzada financial exchange center.
Alireza Bikdeli, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassador to Kabul, visited Sarai Shahzada, one of Afghanistan’s main centers for foreign-exchange trading and financial transactio…
Logar shopkeepers: Electricity bills have increased several-fold.
A number of shopkeepers in Pul-e Alam, the capital of Logar province, say that managers of some marketplaces do not calculate electricity costs based on meter readings and, accordi…
Hibatullah orders allocation of 20,000 Jeribs of land to industrialists in Balkh.
Amir Mohammad Muttaqi, the Taliban’s Director of Industry and Commerce in Balkh, says that, based on a special decree by Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah, 20,000 jeribs of land hav…
Sharp rise in Dollar and gold prices in Iran amid growing concerns over U.S. economic pressure.
The exchange rate and gold prices in Iran have once again reached new record highs. Amid growing concerns over intensified pressure on Iran’s foreign trade and foreign-exchange rev…
The railway deputy directorate has been separated from the Ministry of Public Works and established as an independent authority.
The Taliban-run ministry of public works has announced that, on the orders of Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the ministry’s Railway Deputy Directorate has been separated fro…