Hours after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring over 500, India reached out to the Taliban regime and sent relief material including food and medicines.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called up Taliban-led Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and conveyed condolences. Their conversation came weeks after the Taliban leader visited India in early October.

“Called FM Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi of Afghanistan this afternoon to convey condolences at the loss of lives in the earthquake that struck Balkh, Samangan and Baghlan provinces,” Jaishankar posted on X. “Indian relief material for the earthquake impacted communities is being handed over today. Further supplies of medicines to reach soon,

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