Tolo News: US sanctions against Iran have slowed down the work process at Chabahar and Iran wants these limitations removed by gaining support from other countries… Chabahar is the closest sea port to landlocked Afghanistan. Despite Afghanistan and India’s accelerated efforts to develop the port, ACCI said the west’s sanctions against Iran has resulted in the
Tolo News: A suspected gem stone smuggler has said mines in Badakhshan’s Karan-o-Manjan district, especially those extracting Lapis Lazuli, are out of government’s control and are being mined illegally. The 43-year-old man said he takes them to Peshawar in Pakistan where he sells them. “If you go to Peshawar, you can see trucks full of these
The Guardian (UK): As Pakistan deports thousands of Afghans, informal settlements are adding to the intense strain on Kabul’s resources – with potentially disastrous results. Click here to read more (external link). Related Undocumented In Iran: One Family’s Story
Anadolu Agency: The increasingly cold, stalled and often tense ties between Kabul and Islamabad have practically wiped out Pakistan’s traditional market share, allowing new players such as Turkey, China and India to replace it in landlocked Afghanistan, traders said. Click here to read more (external link).
ISLAMABAD, March 9 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Friday reopened an important border crossing with Afghanistan after nearly three years in a bid to boost trade between the two countries, officials said. The Ghulam Khan border, the third major crossing point with Afghanistan in North Waziristan tribal region, was closed in June 2014 after the security forces launched a major
Al Jazeera: Unemployment stands at more than 40 percent, and most young people do not have an education. Those that do, find jobs in other countries. However, the president’s plan poses new dangers. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Kabul.
VOA News March 4, 2018 WASHINGTON, GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN — Provincial officials in eastern Nangarhar province expressed concerns over the dozens of youths in the province recruited by Islamic State (IS). “I have received reports from districts that unemployment, poverty and IS recruiting efforts have led to youths joining the terror group’s ranks,” Matiullah Ahmadzai, director of
Khaama Press: Chairman Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry Zubair Motiwala has told Dawn News that Pakistan’s trade with Afghanistan fell to $1.2 billion from $2.7bn within in the last two years. According to Motiwala, the drastic fall in Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan has direct links with the penetration of India in Afghan markets as
Ozy: Because new tactics are giving farmers an alternative to poppy fields. Abdul Hadi is a farmer in a village in southern Afghanistan. For more than a decade, he has wrestled with the difficult landscape, producing wheat and other sustainability crops despite failing irrigation systems and harsh winters. “Less than half of the farmers could afford to
Forbes: China isn’t your usual investor. It sees the Afghanistan as a prime spot for new highways and railways that would facilitate trade for both sides and beyond, experts say. Click here to read more (external link).