KABUL, 27 November 2021, (TON): According to Kazakh media reports “Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Kabul, Alimkhan Esengeldiev, met with the acting foreign minister in the Taliban government of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on 26 November, 2021, writes Akhas Tazhutov, a political analyst with Eurasia Review.”

During the meeting, the two parties stressed the importance of developing trade between the two countries and stated willingness to expand the bilateral trade co-operation. Alimkhan Esengeldiev expressed his satisfaction with the security situation in the Afghan capital and urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

Amir Khan Muttaqi reiterated the new Afghan authorities’ commitment to establish peaceful relations with all countries, primarily with neighboring states in the region. He also expressed the new government’s determination to prevent the emergence of any security threat from the territory of Afghanistan.

The exporting process has recently restarted, the country’s Agriculture Ministry reports. As at September 29, approximately 200,000 tonnes of flour and 33,000 tonnes of grain have been delivered from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan through Uzbekistan.