KARACHI -- Despite simmering tensions, recent agreements between Pakistan and the Taliban administration in Kabul to prioritize trade point toward a complex interplay among security concerns, economic ambitions and competition between key ports in the region, analysts and traders say.
International relations
Pakistan and Taliban to expand trade despite lingering tensions
Two countries agree on 'separation of business from politics'
An Afghan repairs a carpet in Kabul. Carpets are one of Afghanistan's primary items of exports to Pakistan. © Reuters
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