The Public Relations Office of the Senior Advisor to the President in Banking and Finance said Tuesday that within a week an air cargo route between Kabul and Jeddah will be launched. 

According to Sameer Rasa, the head of the PR office, an agreement has been signed between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia and it is expected that the first flight will transport 500kg of saffron to Saudi Arabia. 

According to officials, Afghanistan has earned $51 million since June last year, when the first air freight route was launched between Kabul and Delhi.  

Since then, exports, air freighted out of the country, have increased considerably, officials said. 

Two air corridors were launched between Afghanistan and India last year, followed by another to Kazakhstan and then to Turkey. 

Saudi Arabia will be Afghanistan’s fifth air cargo route.

In this episode host Zarmina Mohammadi discusses the topic with Rasa.