Afghanistan-Turkey air corridor to open in a week

Sameer Rasa, head of public relations office of senior advisor to the president in banking and financial affairs, told reporters in Kabul that an agreement to establish the corridor between Afghanistan and Turkey would be signed in two days.
He said that the first cargo flight would carry 15 tonnes of goods from Afghanistan to Turkey.
Afghanistan will send fresh and dried fruit, carpet, medicinal plants, gemstones and animal skin via the corridor, he said.
Afghanistan launched air corridors with India and Kazakhstan in recent years with an aim to improve the landlocked country’s links to markets abroad. So far, 2,500 tonnes of goods have been transported from Afghanistan to Mumbai, Delhi and Almaty.
Rasa added that first cargo flight from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia would take off in a week. It will carry five tonnes of saffron and dried fruit.