(260208) -- KABUL, Feb. 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A worker works on packaged cotton at a cotton processing shop in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Feb. 8, 2026.

Afghan farmers harvested more than 158,000 metric tons of cotton over the past year, the National Statistics and Information Authority said in a statement on Saturday.

Cotton is one of Afghanistan's most popular export products. Its cotton exports reached 163 million U.S. dollars during the same period. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)