Iran-Afghanistan Relations

Afghan minister of water and energy has invited private companies in Iran’s power sector to help his war-ravaged country rebuild its electricity infrastructure. 

Head of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce says central banks in the two countries are looking for ways to resolve problems hurting banking ties between the two neighbors.…

Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi, and Director General of Afghanistan Customs Department Ahmad Reshad Popal have signed a memorandum of…

Afghanistan and Pakistan have announced readiness to open bank branches in Iran’s free zones or the mainland, according to a Foreign Ministry official in Tehran. 

Iran traded 421,341 tons of non-oil goods worth $140.41 million with Afghanistan during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20), registering a 7.48% and 18.49% decline in tonnage and value…

Iran and Afghanistan signed an agreement in Kabul on Thursday on the optimal use of water sharing from the Hirmand (also known as Helmand) River.

Export of petroleum products including mazut, diesel and gasoline to Afghanistan is continuing as planned, spokesman of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said Wednesday.…

The Central Bank of Afghanistan has annulled the operating license of the only Iranian bank which was active in that country. Arian Bank started its operations under a joint venture between…

Iran's Faculty of Applied Science of Post and Telecommunication is to hold ICT training courses for university teachers and students in Afghanistan. The move is in line with efforts to boost…

Iran will make all-out efforts to help Afghanistan achieve peace and unity, deputy foreign minister for political affairs said on Saturday.  Abbas Araqchi made the statement in a meeting…

A total of $800 million worth of commodities were exported from Iran's southern Sistan-Baluchestan Province to neighboring countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, during the 11 months to Feb. 19.…

Iran can buy several million cubic meters of water from Afghanistan in exchange for gas and electricity, a Zabol lawmaker said. Over the past year, Afghanistan has blocked the flow of water…

Iran and Afghanistan started a new round of talks on water sharing from the Hirmand (also known as Helmand) River and its tributary. Afghan deputy minister of water, Khan Mohammad Takal…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is attending the UN-sponsored Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, which opened in the Swiss city on Tuesday. According to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram…

Afghanistan's northwestern city of Herat hosted an exhibition in which Iranian and Afghan exhibitors participated. This was the 13th edition of the expo held annually in Herat. It opened on…

Negotiations are underway with banks in Iraq and Afghanistan for enabling Iranian private sector players to repatriate their export yields as per the law and maintain trade, a senior private…

The ban placed by Afghanistan Customs Department on the import of Iranian oil products, cement, steel products, tiles and ceramics is related to Farah border crossing in Iran’s South Khorasan…

Afghanistan Customs Department has banned the import of oil products, cement, steel products and tiles and ceramics from Iran as of Sept. 16.

Ali Shariati, a member of Iran Chamber of…

Iran traded 2.79 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $1.43 billion with Afghanistan during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), registering a 15.46% and 31.…

Iran traded 2.19 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $1.11 billion with Afghanistan during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22). The figures registered a 14.…

Iran traded 1.58 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $791.4 million with Afghanistan during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), registering a 5.13% and…

The restriction on the import of Iranian chicken by Afghanistan is to be lifted soon following negotiations between the two countries, the head of Iran Veterinary Organization said.

Iran exported 5.91 million tons of commodities worth $2.79 billion to Afghanistan last year to register a 21.38% rise in tonnage and 13.57% increase in value year-on-year.

According to…

Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industries said Iran was Afghanistan’s biggest trade partner in the last solar year (March 2017-18) and exported goods worth over $1.98 billion to the…

Iran wants to invest in Sangan iron ore mine of Herat Province, located in border areas between Afghanistan and Iran, Afghan media reported.

As mineral resources from Sangan iron ore…