KABUL: Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan is handing over a copy of Protocol-VI of APTTA 2010 to Afghan Commerce Minister Nisar Ahmed Faizi Ghoryani on Thursday. APP
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday extended the ‘Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) 2010’ for six months beyond May 11, 2021.
The extension was essential to facilitate uninterrupted flow of transit trade between the two countries and to provide sufficient time to technical teams to conclude negotiations on the new APTTA-2021, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The 2010 agreement superseded the Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement that was signed in 1965. The 1965 agreement granted Afghanistan the right to import duty-free goods through Pakistani seaports.