Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, is on a visit to India while clashes intensify on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and tension escalates between the two countries with a fresh trading of charges. Both Afghanistan and Pakistan have claimed severe damage to each other, including the killing of many soldiers and fighters

Muttaqi even issued a warning to Pakistan from Indian soil. The mending of relations between New Delhi and Kabul has strategic import and is pegged to the principle that an enemy’s enemy is a friend. India is set to upgrade its mission in Kabul to the status of an embassy and has pledged to resume full diplomatic relations.

These moves are being made when international sanctions against Afghanistan are in place. For context, the UN Security Council had wai

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