Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, has held a meeting with members of the private sector and officials to address the issues faced by merchants at the Hairatan port.

The caretaker government of the Islamic Emirate has warned all merchants, money changers and carriers of precious and semi-precious stones that after this no one has the right to transfer more than five thousand dollars abroad.

An Afghan merchant in eastern Nangarhar province has invested in producing the perfume in the country and exports the produced perfumes to Canada, France, and Germany.

Despite what it appears at first glance, the U.S. is not going to help the people of Afghanistan through what is called “Chabahar Port’s exemption from sanctions”, but it in fact increases the transit costs of their commodities by imposing sanctions on Iran and consequently putting further restrictions on Afghan merchants.