Tolo News: Iranian Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni said that India’s development work had been “very slow”, and that trade to Afghanistan was “much lower” than it should be, India’s The Hindu reported. He also said that in view of the delay over India’s plans to build a railway line connecting Chabahar port to the Afghan
Ariana: For the first time, the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industries exported 20 tons of grapes to India’s markets through Iran’s Chabahar Port, officials said on Wednesday. Afghanistan will soon begin exports of Kandahar pomegranate and Maidan Wardak apple via Chabahar to India’s markets. Afghan officials believe that the increase of business through Chabahar will pave
Press TV August 13, 2019 Iran’s minister of transportation says good progress has been made at construction activities for a strategic railway linking the port of Chabahar on the Sea of Oman to the city of Zahedan near the Iranian-Afghan border. Mohammad Eslami said on Saturday that at least 40 percent of the 580-kilometer railway,
1TV: Afghanistan is seeking membership of International Maritime Organization to use its own ships for trade with India via Iran’s Chabahar port, authorities said on Sunday. Mahdi Rouhani, a spokesman for Afghanistan Transport Ministry, said that a request has been sent to IMO to secure membership of the organization. He said that talks are underway on
Press TV May 24, 2019 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says he is putting forward a “proposal” during his ongoing trip to Islamabad for connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port to its “complementary” port Chabahar in southeastern Iran. “We believe that Chabahar and Gwadar can complement each other,” Zarif said upon arrival in the Pakistani capital
Tehran Times February 26, 2019 At the inauguration ceremony of the new export route in Nimruz that would allow the war-ravaged country have access to markets overseas, President Ashraf Ghani said Afghanistan was slowly improving its exports in a bid to reduce its trade deficit. “Chabahar port is the result of healthy cooperation between India,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 24, 2019 Afghanistan has sent its first exports shipment to India through Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port. The port on the Indian Ocean, inaugurated in 2017, has been built largely by India and will provide a key supply route for Afghanistan while allowing India to bypass rival Pakistan to trade
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 25, 2018 India has formally taken over operations at Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port, a move that could have significant geopolitical ramifications in the region. The port on the Indian Ocean, inaugurated last year, is being built largely by India and is expected to provide a key supply route for Afghanistan
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 7, 2018 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Officials in Afghanistan have hailed a U.S. decision to exempt from anti-Iran sanctions the development of the Iranian port of Chabahar in recognition of its role to grow the Afghan economy. The exception granted by the Trump administration on Tuesday will allow the construction of a
Press TV November 6, 2018 The United States has approved a sanctions exemption for Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar, citing Afghanistan’s economy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off on the exception Tuesday, a day after the Trump administration imposed sanctions against Tehran. “After extensive consideration, the secretary has provided for an exception from