Taliban and Kazakh officials opened a trade and economic forum in Kabul on Saturday, highlighting growing commercial ties between the two sides as Afghanistan seeks deeper economic links with Central Asia amid disruptions to traditional trade routes.
The three-day event brought together Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s minister of industry and commerce, and Serik Zhumangarin, Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister and minister of national economy, along with business leaders, officials and representatives of economic institutions from both countries.
