Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, the president of the Institute of Global Studies, stated at a conference in Kazakhstan that New Delhi supports Astana's active participation in Afghanistan's economic and infrastructure reconstruction.
 
Speaking at a conference organized by the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (KazISS), the president of the Indian Institute of Global Studies emphasized the necessity of cooperation between the two countries in developing the Trans-Afghan project and the Chabahar port.

The KazISS wrote: "Sajjanhar specifically mentioned Kazakhstan’s active participation in and support for Afghanistan’s economic and infrastructural reconstruction efforts. The parties expressed confidence in the necessity of both countries’ participation in the development of the Trans-Afghan Corridor."

Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economy also spoke about increasing economic ties with India and Kazakhstan. The ministry's spokesperson described the completion of the Trans-Afghan project and the expansion of the Chabahar port as vital for strengthening Afghanistan’s trade relations with regional and global countries.

Abdul Rahman Habib, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Economy, told TOLOnews: "Chabahar port not only connects Afghanistan with Iran and India, but our country also benefits from becoming a transit route between Central Asian countries and India."

Abdul Nasir Reshtia, an economic affairs expert, commented on the value of connecting to the regional railway network: "Afghanistan is a landlocked country, and once we are connected to the regional railway network, we can find new markets to sell our goods."

Kazakhstan was the first country to remove the Islamic Emirate from its blacklist and has maintained good economic relations with the interim Afghan government over the past three years.