The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Taliban officials from the Foreign Ministry and the
Ministry of Industry and Commerce met with India’s Ministry of Textiles to
discuss potential cooperation in the textile and cotton sectors, according to
an official statement released Monday.
The statement said Shafi Azam, head of economic relations at
the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, and Arif, director of industrial parks at the
Taliban’s Industry and Commerce Ministry, met Indian textile officials at the
ministry’s headquarters in New Delhi.
During the meeting, Indian officials formally invited
Afghanistan to take part in the upcoming “Bharat Tex” exhibition, where Afghan
products would be displayed.
The statement added that both sides agreed to form a joint
technical committee to follow up on sector-specific discussions and outline
practical cooperation plans, particularly in cotton production, processing and
textile development.
