The Taliban have announced that 22 trade agreements worth more than $200 million were signed between Afghan and Uzbek traders and investors during the Afghan-Uzbek Trade Forum in Kabul.
According to Bakhtar News Agency, under the Taliban’s control, the forum was held on Monday, July 27, and was attended by Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, Jamshid Khodjaev, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister, and around 300 representatives from the private sector of both countries.
Azizi said that Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have significant potential for investment and trade development, adding that the two sides aim to increase bilateral trade to $5 billion.
He also announced Uzbekistan’s commitment to purchase 100,000 tonnes of Afghan cotton.
Khodjaev said Uzbekistan has introduced several measures to facilitate trade with Afghanistan, including opening new trade routes, offering preferential tariffs, accelerating the movement of goods, and establishing logistics centres.
