{"id":18702,"date":"2026-02-17T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18702"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:54:46","slug":"afghanistan-uzbekistan-sign-300-million-in-trade-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/17\/afghanistan-uzbekistan-sign-300-million-in-trade-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan, Uzbekistan sign $300 million in trade deals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have signed 25 commercial agreements worth more than $300 million, aimed at expanding bilateral trade ties, Afghanistan\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a ministry statement citing Nooruddin Azizi, the agreements were signed during a joint business meeting between traders from the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azizi said there is a strong political and economic will on both sides to deepen relations, noting that trade ties have seen unprecedented growth in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pointed to the potential for further expansion of trade and cooperation in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, Erkinjon Turdimov, governor of Uzbekistan\u2019s Syrdarya region, described Afghanistan\u2013Uzbekistan relations as historically and economically significant, and stressed the need to expand cooperation in industry, joint projects, and investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said the agreements cover sectors including construction materials, food products, agriculture, furniture, clothing, and pharmaceuticals, to boost bilateral trade and meet the economic needs of both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have increased economic engagement as Kabul seeks to expand regional trade links amid ongoing economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have signed 25 commercial agreements worth more than $300 million, aimed at expanding bilateral trade ties, Afghanistan\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said. According to a ministry statement citing Nooruddin Azizi, the agreements were signed during a joint business meeting between traders from the two countries. Azizi said there is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18704,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18702\/revisions\/18704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}