Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment says the volume of exports has doubled in this province over the first six months of 1403 compared to last year.

The chamber officials said that over the first six months of 1403, they had exports worth $77 million and 882 thousand dollars.

During this period, more than 32,000 tons of agricultural, industrial products, medicinal plants and minerals have been sent to the world markets, the officials said.

However, this chamber added that the issue of exporting Herat's fresh fruits is still not resolved.

Gardeners also expect that basic steps must be taken to send fresh fruits to world markets.

“We have many agricultural products, including cotton, saffron, asafetida, grapes, raisins, which fortunately have been marketed a lot this year, said Bashir Ahmad Bahaduri, chair of Herat's Chamber of Agriculture.

“These items are also exported to countries like Türkiye, India, China, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Iran,” he added.

The Ministry of Justice says the industrial areas law has been ratified in eleven chapters and 67 articles by the Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader.

The ministry said in a statement that this law was created for the growth and development of the country's economy by regulating industrial areas, providing the basis for attracting private investment, and managing industrial areas.

According to the statement, this law will be implemented by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has announced that 25 Afghan nationals have been released from prisons in Iraq.

The ministry said in a statement that they were imprisoned in different provinces of Iraq for six months due to a lack of legal documents.

Based on the statement, the released prisoners returned to the country via Iran on Friday/

After being registered at the Nimroz border officials, the individuals were introduced to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to receive assistance.