New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- India is preparing to restart air cargo services with Afghanistan, an External Affairs Ministry official announced on Friday during the visit of Afghanistan's Taliban Trade Minister Al-Haj Nooruddin Azizi to New Delhi.

Following the announcement, Anand Prakash, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, confirmed that the groundwork for resuming cargo flights has been completed. "I am pleased to announce that the air freight corridor on the Kabul-Delhi sector and Kabul-Amritsar routes have been activated and cargo flights on these sectors will come very soon," he said.

Azizi is in India on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening trade ties, with a particular focus on agricultural exports, as Afghanistan l...