What happened:
On December 18, 2025, Afghan Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali met MoS Prataprao Jadhav on the sidelines of the 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi to discuss cooperation in Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy, along with collaboration in education, research, regulation and healthcare delivery.
Why it matters:
The engagement strengthens India–Afghanistan health diplomacy, promotes traditional medicine as a people-centric healthcare pillar, and reinforces India’s humanitarian and capacity-building support to Afghanistan.