New Delhi, Oct 10 (UNI) The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan today assured India that it will never allow Afghan territory to be used against any other country.

This assurance was given by visiting Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here today.

“We will never allow anyone to use Afghanistan’s territory against anyone else,” he said.

FM Muttaqi thanked India for all its help, including being the first responder during last month’s earthquake in Kunar province.

He stressed that the Afghan Taliban government wants relations with India based on mutual respect and people to people relations.

He said Afghanistan is ready to create a consultative mechanism for the strengthening of the bilateral relations with India.

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