The Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Agriculture said that Afghans have invested around $3 billion in Iran.

According to reports from some Iranian media outlets, the president of this chamber added that 50% of foreign-registered companies in Iran belong to Afghans.

The president of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Agriculture also said they are trying to strengthen economic and commercial relations with Afghanistan.

This is while the Ministry of Economy is urging Afghan investors who have invested abroad to transfer their assets back to Afghanistan.

Abdul Latif Nazari, deputy Minister of Economy, said: "Our request from all traders and investors is to transfer their capital inside the country and fulfill their duty and responsibility towards a strong and advanced Afghanistan."

"Iran has created a series of facilities in the field of investment and exports, which have led our traders to invest there, and through this, they can export to more countries," said Omid Haidari, a businessman.

Meanwhile, the Chamber of Industries and Mines said that transferring Afghans' assets inside the country and investing in Afghanistan can be useful in reducing poverty.

Sherbaz Kaminzada, head of the Chamber of Industries and Mines, told TOLOnews: "After the arrival of the Islamic Emirate, more than one million of our compatriots became refugees. If each of them took $30,000, it amounts to approximately $33 billion. One million of our compatriots became refugees and left. Therefore, we can correctly estimate that about $120 billion has left the country's economy."

"To attract investment, the government must explain the opportunities to traders and investors and create a mindset for them so that they are convinced to invest in Afghanistan," said Abdul Ghafar Nezami, an economic analyst.

Earlier, Nooruddin Azizi, acting minister of Industry and Commerce, told TOLOnews that Afghan investors have invested more than $150 billion in Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, with $95 billion of this amount invested in Türkiye alone.