{"id":23374,"date":"2026-08-01T07:08:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23374"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:08:53","slug":"world-bank-afghanistans-trade-has-shifted-to-central-asian-and-iranian-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/01\/world-bank-afghanistans-trade-has-shifted-to-central-asian-and-iranian-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank: Afghanistan\u2019s trade has shifted to Central Asian and Iranian routes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The World Bank has said in its latest report that a significant portion of Afghanistan\u2019s trade has shifted to Central Asian and Iranian routes following disruptions to the country\u2019s trade corridors with Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, changes in Afghanistan\u2019s trade routes have made Central Asian countries and Iran the primary transit corridors for the country\u2019s imports and exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report states that a substantial share of Afghanistan\u2019s imports is now transported through Central Asian corridors and Iran, while Pakistan\u2019s role in facilitating Afghanistan\u2019s trade has declined sharply and, in some cases, has fallen to nearly zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many years, Afghanistan relied heavily on Pakistan as its main trade route. However, recent disruptions in bilateral trade have prompted the country to increasingly use alternative routes through Central Asia and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The World Bank has said in its latest report that a significant portion of Afghanistan\u2019s trade has shifted to Central Asian and Iranian routes following disruptions to the country\u2019s trade corridors with Pakistan. According to the report, changes in Afghanistan\u2019s trade routes have made Central Asian countries and Iran the primary transit corridors for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23374"}],"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=23374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23376,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23374\/revisions\/23376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}