Taliban’s Foreign Minister Calls For A Solution To Afghan-Pak Trade Issues

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Foreign Minister of the group, met with Muhammad Khurram, Pakistan’s Federal Secretary of Commerce.

During this meeting, Muttaqi called for the resolution of trade and transit issues between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He also emphasised on the strengthening of economic relations between the two countries.

Zia Ahmad, the Taliban’s foreign ministry deputy spokesperson, wrote on X social media network that during the Tuesday meeting, both sides discussed enhancing trade, transit, and economic relations.

According to him, Khurram promised to find a solution to the transit problems as soon as possible.

This Pakistani delegation traveled to Kabul at the invitation of the Taliban following Pakistan's airstrikes on two eastern provinces of Afghanistan.

About a week ago, Pakistan announced that it had targeted members of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, one of the leaders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Pakistan also accused the Taliban of supporting terrorism and the Pakistani Taliban.

In response, the Taliban stated that they retaliated to these attacks with artillery attacks on several Pakistani military border posts. The group added that the casualties of the Pakistani airstrikes were civilians.