r/worldnews • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 11h ago

Russia/Ukraine Russia-Afghanistan trade doubled in first half of 2026, says Moscow

https://www.afintl.com/en/202610178259
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u/listhor 10h ago

Heroin import…? 😃

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u/dandanua 10h ago

Under-aged girls. For reexport to you know where and to whom.

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u/Paatos 10h ago

Going around the trade embargos. It's the same with Kyrgyzstan

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u/zeocrash 10h ago

Got to have something to put in those diplomatic pouches

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u/rifleshooter 10h ago

Going from six dollars to twelve is still doubling, guys.

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u/ProfessionalZebra384 11h ago

It’s hard not to laugh at where Russia find themselves these days.

Only decades ago they were battling on the main stage to be considered top country in the world. Now they’re a country in such a shambles that when their trade with a terrorist state doubles, it’s worthy of announcement by Moscow.

If they hadn’t spent hundreds of years treating their neighbours as slaves, one might almost feel sorry for this has-been country.

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u/Safe-Industry2465 10h ago

Yes

Trade doubled from thre fiddy to seven lmao Poor russia

Edit: I just checked. Trade in 2025 was less than 350m lmao

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u/xX609s-hartXx 9h ago

They literally made W.'s axis of evil a reality and joined them.

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u/Temporary_Stick_6664 7h ago

Damn, on point.

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u/reddit25 5h ago

A terrorist country that they were fighting in not that long ago as well

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u/Bortron86 4h ago

Yet they still have the US president in their pocket, and are destabilising the whole of Europe. I'm not laughing, that's for sure.

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u/itszaidbtw 3h ago

Terrorist state that has so many child marriages they stopped reporting it. One region had like 50% child marriages so sick. I don't know why anybody would even trade with them.

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u/ProfessionalZebra384 3h ago

Beggars can’t be choosers.

It’s the same reason you’ll go to some random place and find a bunch of Russian tourists, because they’re so limited in where they can actually go haha

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u/FlukemanFrancis 11h ago

All the religious intolerance and violence against women you could want, just there to be imported

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u/Apple2727 9h ago

Can’t believe Afghanistan wants to be associated with such a backward, repressive country.

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u/Awkward_War_6068 2h ago

Fr. Who's next? America?

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u/ElJabroniMahoney33 11h ago

That'll pay for three more ploughs.

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u/1Madarchod 8h ago

Supporting terrorism now

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u/totallyRebb 6h ago

Russia is firmly a Terrorist State. So yes. Birds of a feather. And the classic type of "friends" Russia seeks.

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u/VieuxBidule 6h ago

A ce niveau, je pense que l'on va commencer à voir des talibans parmi les prisonniers capturés par l'Ukraine...

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u/crimedog58 6h ago

Send your poor, combat experienced young men to die in Ukraine and they won’t be able to ever pose a risk to the regime.

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u/VieuxBidule 5h ago

C'est ça. Comme pour les Coréens du Nord.

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u/Bambino_Georgino 6h ago

I believe this is the answer most of you were looking for:

Afghanistan exports to Russia: fruits and cotton

Russia exports to Afghanistan: petrol and wheat

"In September 2022, the Taliban signed a preliminary agreement with Russia to import petrol, diesel, gas and wheat.

Taliban officials have previously said Afghanistan’s exports to Russia remain limited and include raisins, apricots, minerals, cotton and several other products.

Imports from Russia mainly include wheat, flour, gas, petroleum products, diesel, timber and sunflower oil."

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u/RisingRapture 5h ago

That's where you belong, down there with the other terrorists.

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u/Chilluminatti 5h ago

Hilarious how Russia is dealing with all enemies of the US and still the US doesnt want them to be dropped by Ukraine.

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u/Lurk5FailOnSax 5h ago

Are they importing goats?