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Afghans are fierce fighters but they are besides renowned for being trusted friends, said Taliban administration’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi present connected Monday (October 13, 2025). Addressing a gathering astatine FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry), Mr. Muttaqi pitched for greater connectivity betwixt the India and Afghanistan and said visa authorities betwixt the 2 sides indispensable beryllium liberalised to facilitate greater radical to radical contact.
“Afghans are known for being fierce fighters but we did not combat due to the fact that we similar fighting. Our fights were indispensable to guarantee our freedom. We are besides beardown successful emotion and friendship. When we widen a manus of friendship, that is simply a beardown hand,” said Mr. Muttaqi astatine a concern lawsuit astatine the FICCI location wherever helium called for enhanced commercialized successful caller fruits and successful the mining sector.
Speaking astatine the event, Mr. Muttaqi urged easier visa authorities betwixt India and Afghanistan to facilitate casual travel, and said, “India should springiness much visas for Afghan visitors. Afghans request visas for visiting hospitals successful India, they request visas for acquisition and for gathering concern ties.”
Mr. Muttaqi said Afghanistan is peaceful and the Taliban medication volition guarantee peaceful information for Indian concern entities if they privation to cater to the requirements of Afghanistan and said, “We did a batch of enactment and gave a batch of sacrifices. We brought bid successful Afghanistan and cleared our portion of overseas military.”
He besides called upon Indian pharmaceutical manufacture majors to travel to Afghanistan to physique manufacturing units. “Afghanistan requires manufacturing units for medicines and your broadside should see it arsenic it volition surely beryllium a profitable venture,” said Mr. Muttaqi.
The enactment which came days aft India and Afghanistan declared opening of aerial freight corridor betwixt 2 sides besides highlighted the value of the Iranian larboard of Chabahar. Speaking at the event, Subhankar Datta of KEC that is progressive successful dense engineering projects successful Afghanistan said, the larboard of Chabahar is indispensable to transport dense instrumentality that tin not beryllium transported otherwise. Mr. Muttaqi assured that the air corridors that volition connect, Delhi, Mumbai and Amritsar with Kabul and Kandahar and volition assistance easiness the proscription problem. He expressed anticipation that the United States volition springiness exemption to the Chabahar that volition assistance radical of Afghanistan. Mr. Muttaqi who met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar connected October 10 agreed connected a wide spectrum of practice betwixt the 2 sides including successful hydropower projects.
