Taliban’s commerce Minister in Delhi amid Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes to reinforce sea connectivity

In opposition to the backdrop of continued hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Minister of Business and Commerce of the Taliban administration Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi began a five-day tour of India on Wednesday (November 19, 2025).

Official sources stated the go to, which highlights Afghanistan’s want to keep away from Pakistani ports for its industrial necessities, will assist Afghanistan bypass Pakistan for enhanced connectivity.

The go to is being considered as a major outreach by the Taliban administration as it’s going down a month after Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosted Taliban’s Appearing Overseas Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi when each side strengthened the air freight hall to reinforce direct commerce and commerce. The air hall between the 2 sides will join Delhi, Mumbai and Amritsar with Kabul and Kandahar.

Mr. Azizi, who has include a big enterprise delegation, visited the India Worldwide Commerce Truthful (IITF) 2025 on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) to strengthen bilateral commerce and funding. The visiting Afghan workforce met Neeraj Kharwal, Managing Director of India Commerce Promotion Group, who defined alternatives for higher participation of Afghanistan in future commerce occasions in India. Mr. Azizi met with quite a few Indian enterprise representatives quickly after his arrival in New Delhi.

Mr. Azizi visited stalls arrange by Afghan merchants within the IITF which can be showcasing Afghan agricultural merchandise. The go to by the Afghan commerce Minister, a primary since 2021 when the Taliban took cost of Kabul, is predicted to spice up key Indian exports to Afghanistan, corresponding to prescription drugs, textiles, equipment, sugar, tea and rice. India is eager to import Afghan agricultural merchandise corresponding to contemporary and dry fruits, and minerals which have a large market in India.

Sources stated the go to by Mr. Azizi will present each side a possibility to discover higher Indian funding choices within the Afghan mining sector and hydroelectric tasks. Diplomatic sources stated that Afghanistan, in latest months, has been utilizing the Chabahar port of Iran for many of its industrial necessities because it tries to scale back dependence on the Karachi port.

The Taliban administration has ordered Afghan merchants to cease utilizing Pakistani ports and industrial networks after a peace speak between Afghanistan and Pakistan brokered by Turkey didn’t resolve the battle that intensified when the Pakistan air power bombed targets inside Afghanistan on October 9. Pakistan has been accusing the Taliban of supporting Tehreek–e–Taliban Pakistan for finishing up terror strikes inside Pakistan.