Overview
- Noor Ahmad Noor held talks with MEA joint secretary Anand Prakash in New Delhi focused on political and economic ties, trade expansion, visa facilitation, and issues affecting Afghan nationals in India.
- The Afghan embassy announced the meeting on social media, and there was no official statement from the Indian side.
- Noor has newly taken charge as chargé d’affaires, becoming the first senior Taliban-appointed official at the Afghan embassy in India since 2021.
- He previously served as director general of a political department in Kabul’s foreign ministry and accompanied Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during the October 2025 visit to India.
- The meeting follows steps last October when India agreed to host Taliban-appointed diplomats, restored its Kabul mission to full embassy status, and saw Taliban-picked envoys head consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad.