Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally.

“Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal ways and then exported to the world as non-afghan product,” the Afghanistan Pine Nuts Union who signed the contract said in a statement.

According to the statement, the union has held a gathering of two sessions in Kabul, where several ministers and private sector owners participated.  

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