NEW DELHI: Weeks after Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi concluded a five-day visit to India, the Taliban regime’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for a five-day trip aimed at boosting trade and investment ties.

Azizi’s visit comes as Pakistan keeps key land border crossings with Afghanistan shut following recent clashes, inflicting heavy losses on Afghan exporters particularly fruit traders. The closures have prompted Kabul to urge its business community to diversify markets away from Pakistan.

“Advancing bilateral trade and investment ties is the key focus of the visit,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on X, welcoming Azizi to New Delhi.

On Thursday, the minister led a high-level

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