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Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is visiting India, while talking to the media on Friday (October 10, 2025), supported trade through Chabahar port route and called for opening the India-Pakistan Attari-Wagah border for trade with India.
At a press conference at the Afghanistan embassy after his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Muttaki announced that the Taliban will appoint diplomats to India. He said that Pakistan does not allow India to export to Afghanistan through land route and the Indian government has been using Iran’s Chabahar port for trade and commerce with Afghanistan.
However, the US last month revoked the 2018 sanctions waiver, under which India was allowed to develop ports and reach Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing Pakistan.
‘There should be no politics in business’
Muttaki said that the purpose of business is to benefit the people and it should not be linked with politics. Addressing a press conference at the Afghanistan Embassy, Muttaqi said, “Pakistan and India should open the Wagah border to facilitate trade between Afghanistan and India. This will benefit the people of all three countries.”
‘Will not allow America to take control of Bagram Airbase’
No female journalist was invited to this press conference. He also announced the formation of a trade committee to remove obstacles in trade relations with India. Muttaki also reiterated Afghanistan’s position that it will not allow America to take control of Bagram Air Base, although it is open to diplomatic relations with Washington.
While addressing the media, Muttaqi placed a small flag of the Taliban-appointed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on the table. He told reporters that the embassy building, on which the flag of the former Islamic Republic still flies, belongs to the IEA.
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