The Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce of Afghanistan, Ahmadullah Zahid welcomed Uzbek investors who have expressed interest in investing Afghanistan’s construction and mining fields on March 17.
During the meeting, Uzbek investors expressed their readiness to invest in the construction and mining sectors of Afghanistan. In response, Mawlawi Ahmadullah Zahid accepted their decision and provided investors with detailed information about areas where they can make investments.
According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Afghanistan, Akhunzada Abdul Salam Jawad, the Deputy Prime Minister guaranteed Uzbek investors will be provided with all the support from the Afghan side and mentioned that there are several fields that are in need of investments in Afghanistan.
The meeting came at a time when a technical team from Uzbekistan’s energy sector visited Kabul to meet with the director of the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS). HikmatullahMaiwandi, the spokesman for DABS, said that the issues of the power transmission project and the establishment of a coal plant in the north were discussed. Uzbekistan side expressed their commitment to supporting Afghanistan’s energy infrastructure development.
Bilateral relations between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan are developing rapidly almost in all sectors in recent years. Earlier this year, a high-level Taliban delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar, visited Tashkent to meet for talks with Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev. The talks focused on enhancing trade and transit relations, as well as expanding investments by Uzbekistan in Afghanistan. In January 2025, trade between the two sides surged to $153.7mn, an increase from $46.3mn in 2024 and $52.7mn in 2023.
