Taliban Ministers Made Nearly 100 Foreign Trips In 2025 Despite Sanctions
Taliban officials made nearly 100 foreign trips in 2025 despite international sanctions, the group’s leadership said.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban leader, said deputies and ministers of the Taliban administration undertook 99 overseas visits during the year for economic, trade and diplomatic purposes.
More than 60 Taliban figures, including Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, remain on United Nations sanctions lists. However, the UN has granted travel exemptions in some cases, allowing senior Taliban officials to travel abroad.
In a post on X marking the end of the 2025 calendar year, Mujahid said the Taliban had made what he described as “good progress” in diplomacy and relations with other countries.
Increase in Taliban Forces
In the same statement, Mujahid said the number of trained personnel in the Taliban Ministry of Defence had exceeded 181,000 in 2025.
He added that during the year the Taliban also trained 100,300 police personnel across security, criminal, border and logistics sectors.
