51 votes

Pakistan Denies Indian Report on Trade by admin in Business visit site

Pakistan on Wednesday said it wouldn't oppose neighbor Afghanistan joining a regional free trade agreement, denying a report in the Indian press that it wanted to shut Kabul out.

31 votes

Kabul to join Saarc in April by admin in Business visit site

Afghanistan will join the south Asian economic grouping at its next summit meeting in New Delhi in April, India’s foreign secretary said on Wednesday. The decision was formalised at a conference of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) foreign ministers which ended in Dhaka on Wednesday, Shyam Saran said.

33 votes

Iran calls for investment of firms in Afghanistan by admin in Business visit site

Vice-President for Executive Affairs Ali Saeedlou said that Afghanistan's development and stability was important for Iran and called for more investment by Iranian firms in the neighboring country, IRNA reported. Saeedlou, who arrived in the western Afghan city of Herat heading a delegation, made the call during the inaugural ceremony of two development projects in Afghanistan.

27 votes

Afghan pact working well but support still needed by admin in Business visit site

A multi-billion dollar blueprint for partnership between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to bolster security, economic development and counter-narcotics efforts has achieved solid progress since its adoption in January, but continued global support is needed to consolidate gains, an expert panel including the United Nations said today.