This clearance comes with a temporary waiver of the Plant Protection Quarantine Certificate (PPQC) requirement, effective until October 2.

The project had been awarded to a local private company at a cost of 700 million Afghanis.

The decision requires importers to present a Plant Protection Quarantine Certificate for customs clearance.

A delegation from Turkmenistan has also met with Taliban officials and discussed various ideas including the TAPI pipeline project

The newly established facility boasts a daily processing capacity of 80 tons of cotton.

They say despite two foreign companies having printed new banknotes, the Taliban-run central bank has not put them into circulation

Dozens of trucks carrying fresh produce have turned around and made their way to the fruit and vegetable market in.

Torkham serves as the central transit hub for travelers and the transportation of goods between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan.

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy chief minister, assured the attendees of the Taliban's continued support for investors.

Taliban has said that the Pul-e-Khumri Textile Factory will begin garment production in the near future.