Tag Archives: Afghanistan

The major TAPI gas pipeline project – for Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India – has not been completed despite the fact that it was kicked off decades. During this time Afghanistan has seen the collapse and establishment of various governments. TAPI is considered one of the major development projects in the region. After Turkmenistan …

Afghan officials say electricity imported to the country from Iran has been cut due to an explosion in an electricity tower. Afghanistan Electricity Company announced the explosion of an electricity tower in Herat province. Zeinab Mohseni, public relations manager of Breshna Company in Herat, said that this morning, the electricity …

Iran has treaties with neighbor countries in terms of using border water sources that should be respected, said Iranian Minister of Energy. “Iran’s water right in Helmand River is part of these international treaties and Afghanistan is committed to it and hopefully any water (dam)structure in Helmand River should be …

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Sunday that increasing economic cooperation between the two countries is one of the important requirements for achieving sustainable development and regional security. The Iranian energy minister made the remarks during a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Deborah …

Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian held talks with Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar on the permanent transmission of electricity to Afghanistan. In a videoconference on Saturday night, the two sides discussed preparation for holding a joint economic commission next month, planning and implementing joint economic programs, electricity …

Iranian Energy Ministry adopted plan to supply electricity to Afghanistan which soon will announced soon, Iran’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Bahador Aminian said on Wednesday. “The two countries have many opportunities for ties development in different fields that aliens should not be allowed to sabotage them, so if Afghanistan intends to …

Commercial Envoy of the Iranian Embassy to Afghanistan Mohammad Mehdi Javanmard Ghasab said that Afghanistan can be Iran’s new transit route for exporting products to the Central Asian states.

A bill on Agreement between Islamic Republic of Iran and Afghanistan on International Railway Communications, signed and sealed by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, was sent to the Parliament on Monday.

India-Chabahar-Afghanistan corridor became officially operational with the shipment of two containers through Mumbai, Chabahar and the Dogharoon border, according to the Director-General of Customs Transit of Iran.

Despite some rumors, customs offices of Iran at joint borders with Afghanistan will continue providing their usual services by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020).