The acting minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, announced that various trade and economic agreements have been signed with Pakistan following a meeting with a Pakistani delegation.

Azizi said that in the two-day meetings with the Pakistani delegation, they agreed on coal and cotton exports, cross-border travel of drivers without passports, and resolving trade and transit challenges.

Nooruddin Azizi said: "The movement of trucks is such that from now on, they can freely roam within the territory of the two countries. Our trade with Pakistan, God willing, will increase, and our transit issues, which had been recently proposed by the Pakistani government as a series of guarantees and bank guarantees, have been removed."

The charge d'affaires of Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul and the spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Emirate said the visit of the Pakistani delegation to Kabul is beneficial for improving trade relations between Kabul and Islamabad.

The charge d'affaires of Pakistan’s embassy, Obaid Rahman Nizamani, said: “Mohammad Khurram Agha and his delegation, they have just concluded a very successful visit to Afghanistan. The visit is part of Pakistan’s efforts to build strong ties with Afghanistan in transit, trade and all other mutually beneficial areas. So I am happy to report that this was a successful visit and both sides have agreed to work together for mutual benefit on a number of areas they will facilitate transit.” 

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of Pakistan’s foreign ministry, said: "The two sides discussed a bilateral preferential trade agreement, implementation of temporary admission documents for trade vehicle drivers, multimodal air transit and addressed issues relating to transit trade. We are encouraged by the progress made on these issues and remain committed to promoting trade and people-to-people ties with Afghanistan.”

The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce & Investment (ACCI) also said that the closure of the common crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan last year had negative impacts on the trade of both sides, and Afghan traders have increased their trade through alternative routes.

"The issue that was dangerous during this one year was the closure of crossings, in which Spin Boldak, Chaman, and Torkham were closed for about four months, causing millions of dollars in damage to traders," said Khan Jan Alokozay, a board member of the ACCI.

In 1402 (solar year) the blockage of over four thousand containers of Afghan traders in the port of Karachi, as well as challenges in trade between the two countries inflicted significant financial losses on the country's traders.