Afghanistan gets clearance to join WTO

The country will become a member 30 days after it ratifies the deal

GENEVA: Afghanistan agreed terms to join the World Trade Organization with the trade body's existing 161 members on Wednesday, a WTO official who attended the meeting told Reuters.

Trade ministers will rubber stamp the terms of Afghanistan's accession to the global trade club at a meeting in Nairobi next month, and it will become a member 30 days after it ratifies the deal, which it will need to do by June 30, 2016.

Kazakhstan and Liberia also recently agreed their membership terms, meaning the world body is set to expand from 161 to 164 members.