Afghanistan, Oct. 17 -- Trade between Russia and Afghanistan doubled in the first six months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said.
Kabulov made the remarks on Friday at a meeting in Moscow on security in Central Asia and Afghanistan, attended by representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
He acknowledged that the overall value of bilateral trade remained relatively low but said the increase was significant given Afghanistan's economic conditions following two decades of US and NATO military presence.
Kabulov said ...