Will the relations between Afghanistan and India warm up?
| In a report, the media "Hindustan Times" examined the expansion of relations between New Delhi and the Taliban government by looking at the events of the last two years. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, India in August 2021, after the Taliban took control of Kabul withdrew all its diplomats and officials from Afghanistan; until in June 2022, New Delhi resumed its diplomatic presence in this country by deploying a “technical” team in the embassy.
“Hindustan Times” reported that after these developments, last week India It was among the 11 countries that participated in the regional cooperation initiative meeting organized by the Taliban in Kabul, and this indicated the growing interaction between the two sides.
The important point was that in this meeting The appointment of the Chargé d’Affaires for the Indian Embassy in Kabul was unveiled; Before this, New Delhi had only confirmed the presence of its technical team in Afghanistan. Ashok Sajanhar, the former ambassador of India in Kazakhstan, referring to some officials of the Taliban government who had studied in India, said: India has no He did not have territorial ambitions and participated in the development of Afghanistan.
This Indian diplomat emphasized that contrary to the previous opinion, the risk of terrorist attacks on India has decreased since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan.
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Hindustan Times Referring to the expansion of India’s diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, he wrote: A few days after the invitation of the Indian Embassy in the UAE to Badruddin Haqqani, the Taliban agent in Abu Dhabi, to attend the Republic Day celebration, Hafiz Zia Ahmed, one of the spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoted The representative of India said that New Delhi supports all initiatives focused on the stability of Afghanistan. Zia Ahmad quoted the representative of India on X social network and wrote: “India actively participates in international and regional initiatives related to Afghanistan.” and supports every effort that leads to the stability and development of Afghanistan”.
Mullah Mohammad Yaqub, the Defense Minister of the Taliban government, told the Indian media “News 18” in June 1401: We have high expectations from We have India, because this country has given a lot of aid to Afghanistan in the past. When our (Taliban) government was formed, India continued to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
It seems that despite the recent tensions between the Taliban government and Pakistan, although relations between Kabul and New Delhi will warm up, it will take more time.
| Publisher | Tasnim News |
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