Taliban: We are trying to connect Central and South Asia

According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Molvi Abdul Kabir, Political Deputy of the Prime Minister of Afghanistan’s ruling body, in a meeting with Ilham Mukhkov, the Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, stated: The Taliban is trying to connect Central Asia and South Asia through railways and roads.

Afghanistan Army wrote in a statement: Taliban has always provided facilities to attract investment from foreign businessmen, especially investors from Uzbekistan.

According to the statement of the Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan, calling the joint efforts of Kabul and Tashkent important for the economic development of the region, he emphasized the continuation of bilateral cooperation and assistance.

Ilham Mukhakov stated that the purpose of accompanying the technical and specialized group of Uzbekistan in this meeting is to find economic opportunities in Afghanistan and start the practical work of the Afghan-Trans railway.

It should be said In the past two years, Uzbekistan has been among the countries that have maintained close economic relations with Afghanistan.

Some economic experts signed an export contract worth 44 million dollars with merchants Afghans have listed the 50% reduction in the railway tariff of the two countries, the holding of a meeting to strengthen economic relations between Kabul and Tashkent, and the handing over of the Afghan embassy in Uzbekistan to the representative of the Taliban as part of Uzbekistan’s efforts to expand economic cooperation with Afghanistan.