Iran offers steep discounts at its port of Chabahar
Landlocked Afghanistan is leaning more heavily on trade routes through Iran and Central Asia to reduce dependence on Pakistan, officials said, as tension between the neighbours escalates, with their border closed in recent weeks, Reuters reported.
Afghanistan's reliance on Pakistan's ports has long given Islamabad leverage to press Kabul over outlaws sheltering across the border.
But Afghan
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