Talibans commerce Minister in Delhi amidst Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes to reinforce sea connectivity

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

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

The go to is being seen as a big outreach by the Taliban administration as it’s happening a month after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosted Taliban’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi when either 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 International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) to strengthen bilateral commerce and funding. The visiting Afghan crew met Neeraj Kharwal, Managing Director of India Trade Promotion Organisation, who defined alternatives for larger participation of Afghanistan in future commerce occasions in India. Mr. Azizi met with plenty of 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 anticipated to spice up key Indian exports to Afghanistan, resembling prescribed drugs, textiles, equipment, sugar, tea and rice. India is eager to import Afghan agricultural merchandise resembling recent and dry fruits, and minerals which have a large market in India.

Sources mentioned the go to by Mr. Azizi will present either side a possibility to discover larger Indian funding choices within the Afghan mining sector and hydroelectric tasks. Diplomatic sources mentioned that Afghanistan, in latest months, has been utilizing the Chabahar port of Iran for many of its business 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 business networks after a peace speak between Afghanistan and Pakistan brokered by Turkey did not resolve the battle that intensified when the Pakistan air drive 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.