India on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) has announced a major change in its embassy located in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The Ministry of External Affairs has announced that India will upgrade its political presence in Afghanistan from a technical mission to the level of a full embassy. This step is part of India’s growing engagement with the Taliban government. However, India has not yet given formal recognition to the Taliban regime which returned to power in August 2021.

This announcement has been made by the Indian Foreign Ministry at a time when Taliban Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaki had recently completed his tour of India. Muttaki’s visit was the first time for any senior Taliban leader to visit India. External Affairs Minister S. after talks with Aamir Khan Muttaki in Delhi on October 10, 2025. Jaishankar had said that India will upgrade its diplomatic role in Kabul.

India had called back its officials after the return of Taliban.

It is noteworthy that after the return of Taliban to power in the year 2021, India had withdrawn all its officers from Afghanistan and also closed all its missions. But, in June 2022, India sent a technical team led by a middle-level diplomat to Afghanistan and re-established a limited diplomatic presence in Kabul.

What did the Foreign Ministry say in the statement,

An MEA press release reads, “In keeping with the decision announced during the recent visit of the Afghan Foreign Minister to India, the Government is restoring the status of the Technical Mission of India in Kabul to that of Embassy of India. in Afghanistan with immediate effect.… pic.twitter.com/NUSCQRRXM2

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 21, 2025

India’s Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying, ‘In accordance with the decision announced during the recent visit of the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan to India, the Government of India is, with immediate effect, restoring the status of India’s Technical Mission in Kabul and establishing it as the Embassy of India in Afghanistan.’ The ministry said, ‘This decision underlines that India is committed to further deepening its bilateral relations with the Afghan side in all areas of mutual interest.’

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