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India-Afghanistan Relations
India's relationship with Afghanistan runs on an officials-level trade track, the Joint Working Group on Trade, Commerce and Investment, and on a cargo route through Iran's Chabahar port that avoids Pakistan. It is in the news because at the 8th Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, reported on 6 October 2026, India backed Afghanistan's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity and the welfare of the Afghan people.
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Adds India's backing for Afghan sovereignty at the 8th Moscow Format talks, explains the Russia-hosted format, and rebuilds the card around the bilateral core.
- India Afghanistan
- Joint Working Group
- bilateral trade
- Chabahar
- Afghan traders
- customs cooperation
- trade facilitation
- Ministry of Commerce
- Afghanistan
- Moscow Format
- Chabahar port
- India-Afghanistan trade
- Kabul
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