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Important SAARC Documents ( Dari Version, Unofficial Translation)

1. SAARC Charter

2. SAARC Provisional Rules of Procedures

3. SAARC Social Charter

4. SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism & Additional Protocol

5. SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances

6 SAARC Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters

7. SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children

8. SAARC Limited Multilateral Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation

9. SAARC Convention Child Welfare

10. SAFTA Agreement

11. SAARC Food Bank

12. South Asian University

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     Text of the Agreement between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Transit Traffic

     Text of the Agreement between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan on Trade-economic Cooperation

     Bishkek Declaration on Promoting Cross-Border Electricity Trade between Central  And South Asia

     The Development Potential of Regional Programs (The World Bank: 2007)

Fourteenth SAARC Summit Documents

      14th SAARC Summit Declaration

      Address by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Afghanistan President Mr Hamid Karzai at the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Sri Lankan President Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa at the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Mr Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal at the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of the Republic of Maldives at the Inaugural Session
      of the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan at the 14th SAARC Summit

      Statement by Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President of the Republic of Maldives at the Closing Session
       of the 14th SAARC Summit

      Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Closing Remarks at the 14th SAARC Summit

      Opening Statement at End of Summit Press Conference by the Indian External Affairs Minister Mr Pranab       Mukherjee

Connecting Central Asia: A Road Map for Regional Cooperation (ADB: 2006)

Central Asia: Increasing Gains from Trade through Regional Cooperation in Trade Policy, Transport, and Customs Transit (ADB: 2006)

CAREC: Comprehensive Action Plan

Urumqi Declaration, 20 October 2006

Report of Senior Officials to the Fifth CAREC Ministerial Conference Urumqi, 20 October 2006

Background Paper: Central Asia/South Asia Electricity Trade Conference Islamabad, Pakistan, May 8-9, 2006

Third Ministerial Conference on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
Astana, Kazakhstan, 31 October – 1 November 2004

List of Trade, Transit & Investment Agreements signed by Afghanistan
      ECO Trade Agreement
      Afghanistan India PTA

Speeches at Second RECC in Delhi
      Speech by President of Afghanistan Mr Hamid Karzai
      Speech by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
      Speech by Indian External Affairs Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee

Documents circulated at the Second Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan in Delhi

Documents circulated at the First Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan in Kabul

The Afghanistan Compact (Dari version, Pashto version, English version)

Bishkek Declaration, May 2004

Berlin Declaration ( with 3 annexures), April 2004

Kabul Declaration on Good Neighbourly Relations, December 2002

Bonn Agreement, November 2001