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“We petition the Indian authorities to assistance guarantee the commercialized way from Chabahar Port is functional, truthful that the commercialized remains competitive,” Afghanistan’s Commerce and Industries Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi said Friday (November 21, 2025) Representing a concern delegation astatine an lawsuit of the manufacture assemblage PHD Chamber of Commerce Industry (PHDCCI), helium besides called upon the Indian backstage assemblage to marque further investments successful the way to guarantee its worthy prospects.
The usage of Chabahar larboard successful Iran is emerging an imperative for the landlocked state to circumvent the usage of routes done Pakistan pursuing tensions betwixt the 2 nations successful the caller months.
Mr. Azizi besides called upon the Indian backstage assemblage to put successful Afghanistan. He mentioned his authorities was considering to accord a five-year exemption from paying taxes to caller industries being acceptable up successful Afghanistan. He stated the authorities successful Kabul was already giving preferential attraction successful tariffs for earthy materials and machinery applicable to their home industries.
Expanding usage of Chabahar larboard
Mentioning astir the Chabahar Port, Mr. Azizi said the Afghan authorities was unfastened to negotiations with U.S. to guarantee continued operationality.
Late successful October, New Delhi received a waiver connected the U.S.’ sanctions against Iran’s Chabahar larboard for a play of six months. Mr. Azizi stated the impermanent exemptions would not construe to “any existent reduction” successful costs.
“U.S. person frozen our $9 cardinal and they are not returning. Pakistan forced america to adjacent border, and U.S. points to an alternate way we discovered being nether sanctions, for however agelong should we suffer?” helium stated. For context, pursuing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, U.S. froze $9.5 cardinal successful assets belonging to the Afghan cardinal slope successful its attempts to avert the authorities from accessing the money.
Air freight corridor operational
Speaking astatine the aforesaid event, M. Anand Prakash, Joint Secretary (PAI) astatine the India’s Ministry of External Affairs informed that aerial freight corridor betwixt Kabul and Delhi and betwixt Kabul and Amritsar person been “activated” with cargo flights expected to commence “very soon”.
“This volition importantly heighten aerial connectivity and further fortify our commercialized and commercialized flights,” helium said.
