India to improve technical mission in Kabul to the standing of embassy: Jaishankar

India will improve its ‘technical mission’ in Kabul and switch it into an embassy, mentioned External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday (October 10, 2025). Mr. Jaishankar made the announcement whereas assembly Amir Khan Muttaqi, Foreign Minister of the Taliban administration in Afghanistan within the Hyderabad House when he additionally expressed India’s concern concerning the plight of the Afghan refugees who’re being pushed into Afghanistan by Pakistani authorities and described “cross-border terrorism” as a typical problem to India and Afghanistan.

“India is absolutely dedicated to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan. Closer cooperation between us contributes to your nationwide improvement, in addition to regional stability and resilience. To improve that, I’m happy to announce right this moment the upgrading of India’s Technical Mission in Kabul to the standing of Embassy of India,” mentioned External Affairs Minister Jaishankar.

Mr. Jaishankar mentioned India and the Afghanistan have a “widespread dedication in the direction of progress and prosperity” and added, “However, these are endangered by the shared risk of cross-border terrorism that each our nations face.” Mr. Jaishankar didn’t title Pakistan in his remarks and urged Foreign Minister Muttaqi to “coordinate efforts” to battle cross border terrorism. Hours earlier than the graduation of official engagements between Mr. Muttaqi and his Indian hosts, Kabul was bombed which reportedly led to the dying of the TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud. However, the declare has been denied by TTP sources.

Mr. Jaishankar acknowledged Kabul’s condemnation of the phobia assault in Pahalgam that killed 26 people on April 22 saying, “We admire your sensitivity in the direction of India’s safety considerations.” He additionally reiterated the brand new Indian visa module that has been launched for Afghan nationals in April 2025 and mentioned New Delhi is issuing extra medical, enterprise and scholar visas.

Mr. Muttaqi had been involved with Indian officers and had met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in Dubai on January 8 when the 2 sides mentioned the roadmap of bilateral relation within the context of unfolding regional dynamics. Since taking cost Taliban has established diplomatic relation with a number of international locations together with Russia and China. Mr. Muttaqi arrived right here early on Thursday from Moscow the place he participated within the Moscow format dialogue. Global recognition of the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan – Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – has been hampered by a number of components together with the human rights scenario in Afghanistan which didn’t discover a point out in Mr. Jaishankar’s remarks.

Highlighting the significance of Mr. Muttaqi’s first ever go to to New Delhi, Mr Jaishankar mentioned, “…a gathering between us in individual has a particular worth in permitting us to trade views, determine widespread pursuits and forge nearer cooperation.”

India despatched a Technical Team to its mission in Kabul on June 23, 2022, ten months after it had evacuated its diplomatic workers from Afghanistan in opposition to the backdrop of violence that broke out when Taliban overthrew the federal government of President Ashraf Ghani in August 2021. Apart from Kabul, India had consulates in Mazar-i-Sharif, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Herat that have been additionally shut down due to the battle.

Mr. Jaishankar  expressed concern for the compelled repatriation of the afghan refugees from Pakistan and introduced, India will “assist assemble residences for them and proceed offering materials support to rebuild their lives.” Mr. Jaishankar described Afghanistan and India as “contiguous neighbour” and mentioned India has “deep curiosity” within the improvement and progress of Afghanistan. “We can talk about the upkeep and repairs of completed initiatives in addition to steps to finish others to which we have now already dedicated,” mentioned Mr. Jaishankar.  

He introduced that India is able to commit six new initiatives within the well being area of Afghanistan saying the main points of the initiatives will probably be introduced quickly. The Indian facet introduced that Mr. Muttaqi will obtain a present of twenty ambulances which will probably be a “symbolic step”. That aside, India may even present MRI and CT scan machines to Afghan hospitals and ship vaccines for immunization and most cancers medicines, introduced Mr. Jaishankar. He reassured that India will proceed to provide aid materials for the earthquake-hit communities in japanese Afghanistan and mentioned, “We wish to contribute to the reconstruction of residences within the affected areas.”