Trade Transit With Iran Continues At Islam Qala Border, Says Taliban
Taliban officials in Herat say trade transit between Afghanistan and Iran continues despite the war in Iran, with up to 1,300 cargo trucks crossing the Islam Qala border each day.
Iran earlier suspended exports of food and agricultural products until further notice.
Hazrat Zaeem Agha, the Taliban commissioner at the Islam Qala crossing, told the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency that about 600 cargo trucks currently enter Iran through the crossing each day.
He said roughly 700 cargo trucks arrive daily from Iran, adding that commercial goods continue to move without disruption.
Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesperson for the Taliban governor in Herat, warned that traders who raise prices under the pretext of road closures in Iran would face legal action.
However, several Herat residents told Afghanistan International that the ongoing conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan, along with the war involving Iran, Israel and the United States, has led to rising food prices in the city.
Officials at the Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that if the war in Iran continues, they will seek to expand Afghanistan’s trade relations with other countries to prevent possible food shortages.
