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Afghan Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi visits India with trade delegation
Afghan Minister of Industry and Commerce Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi visited India from 19 to 25 November 2025 and met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal. They announced an Air Freight Corridor on the Kabul-Delhi and Kabul-Amritsar sectors and welcomed reactivation of the Joint Working Group on Trade, Commerce and Investment. Both countries will depute Commercial Representatives at their Embassies.
Source: Visit of Minister of Industry and Commerce of Afghanistan to India, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
India announces upgrade of its Technical Mission in Kabul to an Embassy
In opening remarks at his meeting with the Afghan Foreign Minister, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced the upgrading of India's Technical Mission in Kabul to the status of Embassy of India. He also said India would provide MRI and CT scan machines to Afghan hospitals and help construct residences for forcibly repatriated Afghan refugees.
Source: EAM’s opening remarks during meeting with Foreign Minister of Afghanistan (October 10, 2025), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar holds talks with Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi in New Delhi
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi held talks in New Delhi. India will build a 30-bed hospital in Kabul's Bagrami district, an Oncology Centre, a Trauma Centre and five Maternity Health Clinics, and gift twenty ambulances. The Afghan Foreign Minister reiterated that the Afghan government will not allow any group or individual to use its territory against India.
Source: India - Afghanistan Joint Statement (October 10, 2025), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
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