KABUL: Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special representative for Afghanistan, has said trade between Kabul and Moscow doubled in the first six months of this year.
Speaking at a joint meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Moscow, Kabulov said relations between Afghanistan and Russia were expanding, with constructive cooperation based on mutual interests developing between the two countries.
He stressed the importance of increasing bilateral trade and said Russia would work to maintain the trend and expand economic cooperation with Afghanistan.
According to Russian officials, trade between Afghanistan and Russia reached about $326 million in 2025.