Afghanistan News News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghanistan-Pakistan trade declines sharply as border crossings remain closed
Mohammad Younus Mohmand, Vice President of the Afghan Chapter of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the bilateral trade has fallen by about 95 percent.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghanistan’s Wakhan Transit Road Is a Long Shot to Connect with China
The road has been officially inaugurated, but China and the Taliban have very different views of its function.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Pakistan exporters face heavy losses, costly detours as Afghanistan trade halt drags on
Businesses in Pakistan say the closure of key border crossings with Afghanistan has left goods stranded, disrupted sales and forced exporters to take longer, more expensive routes to Central Asia.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Pakistan, Afghan Taliban trade blame for cross-border violence as tensions rise
Pakistan accuses the Taliban of sheltering Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which has taken responsibility for attacks inside Pakistan. Taliban publicly deny harboring any militant group.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghan trade halt hits pharma exports
The industry largely attributes the drop to disrupted trade with Afghanistan, once one of the country’s main medicine markets.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Shutdown Drives Up Costs, Cuts Jobs and Disrupts Exports
The Afghanistan-Pakistan trade shutdown has driven up business costs, cut jobs and disrupted exports, placing additional pressure on trader.
News Afghanistan » Trade: How trade war with Afghanistan is bleeding Pakistan
Pakistan's DG ISPR, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry's statement warning Afghanistan—"blood and business cannot go together"—now seems to have backfired and is hurting Islamabad itself. With ...
News Afghanistan » Trade: Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade Falls 74% to $358 Million Amid Border Closures
Pakistan-Afghanistan trade fell 74% to $358 million in 2025-26 as border closures hit transit trade, pharmaceutical exports.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghanistan’s Road to Nowhere, and the Central Asian Way Around It
Central Asia’s investment in Afghanistan could reduce the region’s dependence on Russia without US recognition of the Afghan Taliban.
News Afghanistan » Trade: Families Torn Apart, Trade At A Standstill: One Year Of The Afghan-Pakistan Border Closure
Pakistan border has brought cross-border trade to a standstill, leaving tens of thousands of people on both sides without work. It has also disrupted commercial activity and strained longstanding ...
News Afghanistan » Trade: Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed as Islamabad, Kabul trade accusations
Relations strain further as Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations over terrorism and cross-border violence.