Islam Qala-Dogharoun border trade volume climbs to $3 billion a year: Iran

Trade volume through Islam Qala-Dogharoun border crossing in Afghanistan’s Herat province now totals $3 billion a year, an Iranian official confirmed this week.

According to Mahdi Shirdel, governor of Taybad city in Iran, this total is indicative of the strong economic relations between Iran and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

IRNA news agency reported Iranian officials and members of the private sector met Thursday with Shirdel, who told them: “Dogharoun is the most important economic center [between] Iran and Afghanistan.”

According to him, the export goods of Iran and Razavi Khorasan state in Iran are “suppliers of the market of 30 million people” of Afghanistan.

Shirdel said the removal of the economic obstacles of Dogharoun has led to the satisfaction of the Islamic Emirate.

According to him, currently 1,200 trucks cross the border daily.

Iranian media have meanwhile reported that about 400 trucks from Iran have been stranded at the border in Afghanistan for more than 20 days.

Reports indicate the trucks have been stopped from entering Afghanistan due to the “rejection of their cargo”.

No details on what the cargo is or why it’s been rejected were given.

The IEA has also not yet commented on this.