India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Afghan Minister Azizi to enhance trade and ties amid rising tensions with Pakistan.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with Afghanistan’s industry and commerce minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, with focus on strengthening trade, connectivity and people-to-people ties. “Reiterated India’s support for the development and welfare of the people of Afghanistan,” Jaishankar wrote on X after the meeting.

Azizi is on a five-day visit to India to bolster trade and investment cooperation, the second senior figure from the regime in Kabul to travel to the country in a little more than a month.

A delegation led by him visited the India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 on Wednesday. Managing director of the India T

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