An exhibition of Afghan businesses is scheduled to open in Almaty as part of the Kazakhstan-Afghanistan Business Forum, Orda.kz reports.
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade originally planned to hold the event at the end of August, but the dates were pushed back by two months.
The forum, organized by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Commerce, will now be held on October 22 and will be a meeting place for more than 250 Afghan entrepreneurs representing various sectors of the economy.
This event continues the regular tradition of Kazakh-Afghan business forums. The last forums were held in August 2023 in Astana, and in Afghanistan in April this year.
In December 2023, Kazakhstan removed the Taliban from the list of banned organizations, following UN Security Council resolutions. The decision was part of a broader strategy to strengthen economic and trade ties with Afghanistan, which has become an important partner for Central Asia since the Taliban came to power in 2021. Economic relations between Kazakhstan and Afghanistan continue to develop and are expected to grow to $3 billion through active participation in business forums and the signing of agricultural supply agreements.
