Archive · 13 Dec 2025
Afghanistan's Health Minister to Visit India
Afghanistan's health minister is going to India soon.
This is the third time in three months that an Afghan minister has visited India.
India has been helping Afghanistan with healthcare for a long time.
They have built hospitals and given medicines and ambulances.
India also helps after earthquakes and other disasters.
Afghanistan wants to work more with India because they have problems with another neighbor, Pakistan.
The visit is important for both countries to keep helping each other.
Afghanistan's Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali is scheduled to visit India around 17 December.
This visit follows recent trips by Afghanistan's Foreign Minister and Commerce Minister, indicating deepening ties.
India has been providing extensive healthcare support, including building hospitals and donating medicines and ambulances.
Recent humanitarian aid includes 75 prosthetic limbs and 16 tonnes of medicines to combat vector-borne diseases.
The visit coincides with Afghanistan's efforts to diversify pharmaceutical supplies and reduce reliance on Pakistan.
- Who
- Afghanistan's Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali
- What
- Scheduled visit to India for healthcare cooperation
- When
- Around 17 December
- Where
- India
- Why
- To deepen healthcare cooperation and humanitarian support
- Visiting Minister
- Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali
- Visit Date
- Around 17 December
- Recent Ministerial Visits
- Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi in October and November
- Healthcare Projects in Afghanistan
- Thalassemia Centre, Modern Diagnostic Centre, upgraded heating system at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, 30-bed hospital in Bagrami district, Oncology Centre, Trauma Centre, five maternity clinics
- Humanitarian Aid
- 75 prosthetic limbs fitted, 16 tonnes of medicines donated, 20 ambulances gifted
- Border Tensions
- Pakistan's attack on Kabul and border area attacks killing Afghan civilians
