The bilateral trade between Afghanistan and India is slowly returning to its normal equilibrium after the regime change in the former nation. After dry fruit, now shipments of onions have started arriving from Afghanistan. A couple of Afghan trucks laden with onions reached the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari.
Talibanis had earlier sealed Afghanistan’s Torkham and Chaman borders with Pakistan, the only two land routes used for trade activities between India and Afghanistan. The ICP, Attari, which facilitates India’s trade with Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been receiving goods only from Afghanistan since New Delhi abrogated Article 370 in August 2019.
Indian traders import dry fruit, onions and apples from Afghanistan. There has been a bumper crop of onion in Afghanistan. Red onions brought from Afghanistan’s Balkh and Ghazni through the ICP are being supplied to Tamil Nadu, Andhra, MP, Maharashtra, Bihar, Delhi, HP, Punjab and J&K. It takes about two weeks for a consignment to reach India.
