"Afghanistan has reduced its trade exchanges with Pakistan by half, but it is at the same time boosting its economic ties with Iran,” Haqjou said.
“The value of Iran-Afghanistan trade balance hit $2.579 million in 2015,” he added.
“China, Iran and India will soon replace Pakistan in Afghanistan’s markets and Islamabad will loose its biggest market soon,” Haqjou said.
He noted that blocking the paths to Pakistan for Afghan people and businesspersons has incurred a loss of $100 million on the merchants.
In relevant remarks in November, Afghan Transportation and Aviation Minister Mohmmadollah Betash called for expanding cooperation between Tehran and Kabul in the field of transportation.
"We need to provide more facilities for Iranian and Afghan truck drivers to facilitate transportation of goods between the two countries," Betash told reporters.
The Afghan transport minister said that Iran and Afghanistan need to boost mutual cooperation in transport and transit sectors.
Iran is one of the most important donors to Afghanistan, which has kept its promises to help to the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.
Iran has built several roads, power transmission lines, border stations and many other infrastructure projects to better link the two nations.
Iran has also contributed millions of dollars annually to Afghan anti-narcotics efforts in the past few years.
There are too many commonalities between the two friendly nations, including language, religion, culture and history.