NEW DELHI, 13th October 2025: FICCI today organised a Business Interactive meeting with the visiting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan H.E. Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and the accompanying the high-level delegation. The Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Afghanistan assured the Indian Industry that the required peace and tranquillity have been established in Afghanistan and conducive conditions have been created in Afghanistan for enhancing economic engagements between the two countries. Afghan Foreign Minister emphasized the fact that bilateral trade has already reached $ 1 billion.
While several Indian companies have already resumed their operations in various projects, Afghanistan is trying its level best to enhance India’s collaborations for enhancing bilateral economic engagements.
The Foreign Minister of Afghanistan emphasized on Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure, Logistics, Aviation, Education, Agriculture and Banking. He also emphasized the role to be played by FICCI and Afghan chamber for realizing these objectives.
Several Indian companies have resumed their operations including KEC, Max hospital. Likewise, Amity University is also supporting several Afghan students and expressed great willingness in creating a collaborative campus.
The Indian Industry representatives highlighted that the visa remains a severe bottleneck and needs to be resolved immediately for smoother movement of businessman from both sides, logistic including the movement of goods between the two counties, needs to be streamlined to avoid delay in execution of projects by Indian companies in Afghanistan.
The Indian industry is keen to engage with Afghanistan in all possible manners, and Afghan Minister assured of creating and maintaining conducive conditions for enhancing economic cooperations.
