Landlocked Afghanistan will now be able to export goods to India through Pakistani territory with Islamabad ratifying a landmark transit trade agreement with Kabul. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement will give Afghan goods access to India through the Wagah land border route and Karachi and Qasim ports. But the agreement does not provide for Indian export to Afghanistan through Wagah border or any other land route through Pakistan.The agreement was approved during a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired byPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday in Islamabad. Pakistani Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told a news conference later that Afghan trucks will be allowed to take goods up to Wagah and the two ports, from where Indian importers can receive the consignments.
News On AIR | October 7, 2010 7:18 PM
Afghanistan can now export goods to India through Pak territory