{"id":19757,"date":"2026-04-04T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19757"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T09:09:54","slug":"afghanistan-fuel-prices-46-lower-than-pakistan-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/04\/afghanistan-fuel-prices-46-lower-than-pakistan-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan fuel prices 46% lower than Pakistan, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Afghanistan is experiencing significantly lower fuel prices compared to Pakistan, according to a senior official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shafi Azam, economic head of the&nbsp; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said prices in Afghanistan are about 46.54% lower than in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing on X, Azam attributed the difference to a diversified market, lower taxes, and price stabilization mechanisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said fuel prices in Afghanistan currently stand at $0.97 per liter for petrol, $1.05 for diesel, and $0.76 per kilogram for gas. In comparison, prices in Pakistan are $1.64 for petrol, $1.86 for diesel, and $1.70 for gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes amid ongoing regional energy challenges following tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, though Afghan fuel prices have remained relatively stable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Afghanistan is experiencing significantly lower fuel prices compared to Pakistan, according to a senior official. Shafi Azam, economic head of the&nbsp; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said prices in Afghanistan are about 46.54% lower than in Pakistan. Writing on X, Azam attributed the difference to a diversified market, lower taxes, and price stabilization mechanisms. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19759,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19757\/revisions\/19759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}