The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, wracked by war and crisis over the past decade, has an average wage of $205, surpassing Tajikistan ($169), Pakistan ($163), almost all African countries, and Venezuela ($199). Uzbekistan ranked third in Central Asia after Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan ($673 and $654, respectively) with an index of $351.

The "Taliban" government has stated that several regions of Russia, including Tatarstan and Chechnya, are ready to accept Afghan labor migrants. It is planned to involve Afghan labor migrants mainly in agricultural work.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban welcomed the relevant statement of the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, and noted that this step of Astana has achieved success in understanding the situation in Afghanistan and that the obstacles to bringing bilateral relations, in particular, economic cooperation to a new level, have been removed.

An investigation conducted by The New York Times revealed that Afghan general Abdul Raziq has abducted, tortured, and extrajudicially executed thousands of local people using unlimited powers granted by the United States. According to the publication, he received the nickname "Creature of America" during the period when he headed the police of Kandahar region.

Uzbekistan has sent another humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan affected by floods. The aid includes tents, as well as flour, rice, canned food, pasta, oil and other products. Floods occurred in the north of Afghanistan due to heavy rains in early May, and hundreds of people died. Baghlan region suffered the most from the incident.

Uzbekistan intends to import more than 1 million tons of coal from Afghanistan, as well as start construction works at the Imam Al-Bukhari madrasa in Mazar-e-Sharif, implement the projects of developing the technical and economic basis of the Trans-Afghan railway project, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan reported.

A number of Russian companies are leasing land near the Koshtepa Canal in Afghanistan for long-term agricultural purposes. Russia has also started investing in Afghanistan's projects to create jobs and develop the country.

Floods occurred in Afghanistan's Baghlan province due to incessant rainfall. The flood destroyed houses, about 200 people died and went missing.

In the last 2 years, the number of tourists visiting Afghanistan has increased 10 times. For example, in 2021, 691 foreign tourists visited this country, and in 2022, this figure will exceed 2,000 people. Last year, about 7,000 foreigners visited it. However, the development of tourism still faces a number of obstacles. The Taliban promised to remove these obstacles.

"Taliban" expressed its desire to participate in the 15th summit of the heads of states and governments of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which will be held in Banjul, the capital of Gambia, on May 4-5. Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the successful government of Afghanistan, said in a meeting with the OIC special representative in Kabul that suffering is widespread in the Islamic world, and Muslim countries should cooperate to solve the problems.