New Delhi: In a carefully crafted move, India Friday upgraded its technical mission in Kabul to an “embassy” paving the way for cementing diplomatic ties with the Taliban government as Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

A joint statement issued at the end of the meeting said “a wide range of issues of mutual interest, as well as important regional developments”.

However, it did not mention the plan to increase the status of India’s technical mission in Kabul to that of an Embassy, as announced by Jaishankar in his opening remarks during the bilateral meeting. Show Full Article

“India is fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan. Closer cooperation between us contrib

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