SRINAGAR : Afghan apples have made inroads into Pune’s Market Yard this season and are selling between Rs 900 and Rs 1,000 per 10 kilograms, The Indian Express has reported. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

According to the newspaper, trader Satyajit Zhende said that the apples, which usually reach India through Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border, are now arriving by sea after the land route was shut down following the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam in April this year. “Earlier, Afghan apples would come to India through the Wagah border, but with that closed, they now go to Iran first, then are shipped to Mumbai, and from there distributed across the country,” Zhende told The Indian Express.

The report said that as winter sets in, Pune’s Agriculture Pr

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