NEW DELHI: India has pledged assistance to Afghanistan in areas including healthcare and disaster relief. The Indian Embassy in Kabul will be reopened, and India will help rebuild homes destroyed by recent earthquakes. Food aid will continue as well. The commitments were made during a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who was visiting India for the first time. However, India has not opened its mind on recognising the Taliban government.

Jaishankar said that, respecting Afghanistan’s sovereignty and independence, the Indian office in Kabul, currently functioning technically, will be upgraded to full embassy status. India will provide hospitals in Afghanistan with 20 ambulances, MRI and CT scan machines, vaccines an

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