16 May 2024

The Chamber of Commerce and Investment said that within the past year, more than 700,000 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables have been exported from Afghanistan to various countries, but farmers and exporters in Herat province said that the export of fresh fruits from the province has stopped. “We have small markets; they are old markets where the fruit is sold with many problems. If international markets and cold storage areas are built, and fruit is processed and packaged, then we will be...

24 December 2023

Pomegranates are often categorized as a superfood due to their high concentration of protective plant compounds such as anthocyanins, ellagitannins and organic acids. These substances have powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity and help protect cells against oxidative damage. Afghanistan can be considered the country of the pomegranate fruit because of the excellent quality of the cultivars that thrive there. Afghan pomegranates in comparison to the same fruit from other countries...

18 December 2023

Herat is the third largest province in Afghanistan, located in the west of the country. The province is well known for the excellent quality of its raisins and for the numerous grape varieties (more than 100!) whose cultivation goes back almost 500 years. The history of the Herat raisins is shrouded in mystery. It is believed that they were grown by a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia around 2000 BC. Before the Soviet-Afghan War started in 1979, export of raisins from Afghanistan...