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Afghan Deputy PM Baradar Urges Traders to End Dependence on Pakistan
Afghanistan’s Deputy PM Mullah Baradar directs traders to adopt alternative trade routes, warning of zero cooperation for those continuing business with Pakistan. Medicines imports from Pakistan face 3-month closure grace period.
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by Muhammad Hashir
2025-11-12
Afghan Deputy PM Baradar Urges Traders to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has urged Afghan traders to end their dependence on Pakistan for trade and explore alternative routes for imports and exports.

According to Afghan media reports, Baradar directed traders and industrialists to implement alternative options for imports and exports as soon as possible, warning that any trader continuing business with Pakistan would receive no support or cooperation from the Afghan government.

Highlighting concerns over the quality of medicines imported from Pakistan, he announced a three-month grace period for importers of medicines to close their trade accounts with Pakistan.

Baradar claimed that Afghanistan now has access to alternative trade routes and that economic relations with regional countries have strengthened, reducing the country’s reliance on Pakistani transit routes.

He further stated that if Pakistan wishes to reopen trade routes, it must provide guarantees that these routes will remain open and uninterrupted in the future.

Responding to this development, Senator Dr. Afnanullah Khan noted on social media platform X that, “Mullah Baradar has announced to close all imports from Pakistan today, however, the Pakistani government has closed the border with Afghanistan several weeks ago.”

The announcement comes amid heightened tensions over trade and border closures, reflecting the strained economic and political relations between the two neighboring countries.
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