Uzbekistan and Pakistan have also set an ambitious target of increasing annual bilateral trade to $2 billion within five years.
In talks with Uzbekistan’s Agency for Technical Regulation and Standardization, the Afghan delegation explored potential areas for technical cooperation.
Abdul Karim Fateh, director general of the Afghanistan Railway Authority, led a technical delegation to the 14th Regional Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), held...
Russian flour exporters are also facing increasing challenges in maintaining their position in Afghanistan as competition across regional markets intensifies.
Abdul Karim Fateh, head of the Afghanistan Railway Authority, has travelled to Kazakhstan with a technical delegation to attend the 14th Ministerial Meeting on Transport of...
Of the total, 7.2 million tons were transported for export, while 2.1 million tons were supplied to the domestic market.
The latest discussions come as Kabul and Astana work on a bilateral economic cooperation roadmap, with the two countries aiming to increase annual trade to $3...
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi has called for pragmatic and coordinated international engagement with Afghanistan, saying the country’s long-term stability is closely linked to the security...
According to Uzbek media, the initiative was discussed during the Uzbek-Kazakh Business Forum in Tashkent.
In addition, Kazakhstan has finalized agreements to import raw materials from Afghanistan and neighbouring Kyrgyzstan to support the country's metallurgical industry.
The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) has announced that trade agreements worth AFN 446 million were signed between Afghan traders and investors and business...
Gaziz Akbasov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Kabul, says his country’s position on recognizing Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate will be guided by decisions of the United Nations Security Council....
Kazakhstan has signed a major zinc ore supply agreement with an Afghan company as the two countries continue to expand economic cooperation and trade ties. According...
Kazakhstan, he said, is pursuing a policy of “pragmatic engagement without recognition,” maintaining transport, energy, and humanitarian cooperation with Afghanistan while withholding formal diplomatic recognition of...
Zhumangarin further said that Kazakhstan was the first country to remove the Islamic Emirate from its list of banned organizations.
A total of 25 cooperation memorandums of understanding (MoUs) have been signed between private sector representatives of Afghanistan and Kazakhstan following the Afghan–Kazakh Forum, which brought...
Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, Minister of Interior Affairs, met on Saturday with Serik Zhumangarin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Interior...
Azizi noted that annual trade between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan currently stands at nearly $600 million, but both governments are working toward increasing bilateral trade to $3...
Representatives from the European Union, Central Asian states, and the United Nations gathered on Monday in Kazakhstan’s Almaty for high-level discussions aimed at strengthening coordination on...
Afghanistan has sharply increased imports of grain from Kazakhstan, with deliveries rising 2.3-fold between September 2025 and May 20, 2026, according to Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry. During...