Photo taken on July 30, 2022 shows pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
Afghanistan has resumed pine nut export to China by air after eight months of delay.
KABUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan administration has resumed the export of pine nuts via air corridor to neighboring China, a local television channel the Tolonews reported Monday.
"The export of pine nut to China after a pause of eight months resumed via air corridor today," Tolonews reported.
A woman works at a pine nut processing factory in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 30, 2022. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, according to the media, hailed the step, saying that the export of Afghan products to China could bolster trade and economic relations between the two neighbors.
An Afghan man shows pine nuts for sale at his shop in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)
Pine nut trade with China has created thousands of jobs in Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials, despite the obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the security situation in Afghanistan.■
