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Herat Dried Fruit Exports Triple, Reaching $57 Million: Taliban Officials

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01 Dec 2025 - 10:36
The Kabul Tribune (KT) - The Taliban governor’s office in Herat says that nearly 19,971,000 kilograms of dried fruit were exported from the province to more than 20 countries in the first seven months of the current solar year.

According to Taliban-run National Television, which reported the figures on Monday, the total value of these exports exceeded $57.7 million, a threefold increase compared to the same period last year.

The exports included almonds, pistachios, dried figs, dried apricots, several varieties of raisins, prunes, pistachio kernels, walnuts, peanuts, and roasted chickpeas.

Officials said the products were shipped to Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, Iran, Qatar, Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, and a number of other countries.