The traders’ delegation on Sunday held a meeting with Inspector General, Frontier Corps (IGFC), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Major General Adil Yamin and welcomed the government’s decision to increase the number of export items to Afghanistan. The delegation including the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) acting president Imran Khan Mohmand, Chairman, SCCI’s standing committee on Pak-Afghan bilateral and transit trade promotion, Shahid Hussain, former president Faiz Muhammad Faizi, PAJCCI Vic president, and the chamber former Senior Vice President Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, chief Khyber Chamber of Commerce and Industry Syed Jawad Hussain Kazmi, former President Khyber Chamber Shakirullah and others. They urged the authorities to expedite the negotiation process with the Afghan government regarding the promotion of trade. The DG IGFC and Commandant Khyber Rifle were also present during the meeting. The meeting discussed the administrative matters, bringing pace in movement of export-goods laden vehicles, hurdles that were impeding Pak-Afghan bilateral and transit trade. The SCCI delegation gave proposals and mechanisms to further improve Pak-Afghan bilateral trade and transit trade via Afghanistan. The meeting hailed the federal government and Federal Board of Revenue for increasing the number of export items to Afghanistan from 4 to 16 to enhance the quantum of trade with the neighbouring country.