Overview
- Noor Ahmad Noor has assumed duties as charge d’affaires at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi, the first Taliban-appointed senior envoy posted to India since 2021.
- He held a working-level meeting with Anand Prakash, the MEA joint secretary for the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran division.
- Talks covered bilateral political and economic ties, trade expansion, visa facilitation, and problems reported by Afghan traders, students, and residents in India.
- The Afghan embassy announced the engagement and shared photographs on X, while India’s foreign ministry issued no public statement.
- India restored its Kabul presence to full embassy status in October 2025 and continues engagement without formal recognition, as the Taliban installs diplomats in Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, with Russia the only formal recogniser.