India and Iran plan to step up the ope-rationalization of the International North-South Transportation Corridor in a move to boost trade with Russia. 

World Food Program (WFP) announced that, India donates 10,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port to the western Herat province.

Meanwhile, Friday also saw India sending 100,000 paracetamol and 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets to Afghanistan via Ariana Airlines.

The railway, almost 650 km in length, which will connect Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat cities and will later be extended to Kabul, is a major project agreed to by President Ashraf Ghani and President Mirziyoyev.

The government’s decision to slash its allocation for Iran’s Chabahar port by two-thirds, as announced by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the latest Budget will be a further blow to India-Afghan trade, already hit by Pakistan’s decision to ban airspace rights to most flights to and from India, and U.S. sanctions on Iran, officials and ...

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.

Three Afghan banks have applied for opening branches in southeastern Iranian port of Chabahar, according to Iran’s Chabahar Free Trade Zone Organization.

The first export cargo from Afghanistan to India will be shipped through Iran's Chabahar Port within the next month using the international customs transit system (TIR system).

The sources said, "We [Iran] have influence and we have always tried to use that influence. If India wants to use that we are happy to help."

Simultaneous with holding the first executive committee of Chabahar agreement, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, India and Afghanistan.

The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations expressed pleasure in placing Chabahar port on the list of the US sanctions' exemptions against the Iranian people, and said the port was essential for Afghanistan's economic development.

Iran's Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari says 10 people have already been arrested in connection with the recent terrorist attack that took place in the southeastern port city of Chabahar.

 Afghanistan Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday condemning a deadly terrorist attack in southeastern Iranian port city of Chabahar.

The sea and rail networks of Iran are necessary for Afghanistan development, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said.

India's first consignment of chickpea assistance to Afghanistan reached Kabul via Chabahar port on Wednesday.

 Indian ambassador to Iran Saurabh Kumar said on Wednesday that Iran, India and Afghanistan are scheduled to hold a trilateral meeting in Chabahar, southeastern Iran, from October 23-24 to discuss all-out cooperation.

PM Narendra Modi and visiting Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani noted that bilateral trade has crossed $1 billion and discussed ways of expanding cooperation

Pakistan approached Afghanistan earlier this year, indicating its willingness to discuss the resumption of trade between Afghanistan and India through the Pakistani land route, says a senior US diplomat.

Tehran is following cooperation pattern in transitions with Afghanistan and its problems, said the deputy foreign minister of Iran.

The first tripartite meeting of Iran, Afghanistan, and India was held on September 11, 2018 at the level of deputy foreign ministers in the Afghan capital of Kabul.