Tehran (IP) - spokesman for Iran's Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exporters Union said Afghanistan had opened its borders to Iran and the Taliban had reduced customs tariffs on Iranian goods.

Iran PressIran news: In an interview with Iran Press, Hamid Hosseini said that since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the borders of Khorasan Razavi, Southern Khorasan, and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces are open and Iranian exports to Afghanistan were underway.

"Petrochemical and hydrocarbon products are exported to Afghanistan, where the Taliban reduced customs tariffs by 70 percent for Iran," Hosseini said.

The Iranian official said that the Taliban governed Afghanistan's borders and had reduced customs tariffs on almost all goods, stressing that Iran's exports to Afghanistan are too important.

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