Afghanistan’s fresh fruit export consignment reach India

Afghanistan- Taliban crisis seems not to be a barrier when it comes to exporting agriculture produce in the conflict ridden country. After dry fruits & fresh vegetables, now fresh fruits including Sharda (a melon variety), pomegranate, apple and grapes are being imported by India through the Integrated Check Post (ICP) near Attari border. Over 70 trucks laden with dry fruits, fresh fruits, spices, cereal and others cross over to India every day after the Afghanistan government opened the Chaman border over a fortnight ago. The political unrest in the country and wars with the Taliban have been disturbing Afghanistan since 1970s. At the same time, Many horticulturists consider Afghanistan as the cradle of global fruit production because the country has many varieties of fruit trees. Apart from fresh fruits, moong dal, onion, cumin seeds and a variety of dry fruits are being imported from Afghanistan. A wholesale fruit trader from Delhi told that the complete fresh fruit batch was ...