The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The Taliban’s office of the prime minister says it has approved the reactivation of Afghanistan’s joint economic commissions with Saudi Arabia and China during a meeting of the group’s Economic Commission held Monday, Nov. 25, 2025.
According to the statement, the session was chaired by Abdul
Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs.
Officials discussed proposals to restart the joint commissions with Riyadh and
Beijing and to add new members to the bodies. After deliberations, the
commission endorsed the plan and approved the inclusion of additional members.
The Taliban says the joint commissions are intended to
strengthen coordination on bilateral trade, investment opportunities in
Afghanistan and broader economic cooperation with the two countries.
The meeting also reviewed a report from a designated
committee on allocating land in the Hairatan Industrial City in Balkh province
for industrialists and investors. After hearing the report, the commission
decided that the land must first be cleared by determining ownership among
relevant government departments. It also instructed the Ministry of Urban
Development and Housing to draft an improved development plan for the
industrial zone, taking existing infrastructure into account.
