India set to reopen embassy in Afghanistan
New Delhi ( Web News )
India said it was reopening its embassy in Kabul after four years for “closer cooperation” with Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s foreign minister was in New Delhi on Friday as part of a six-day trip to India.
India on Friday announced that it was reopening its embassy in Kabul, four years after it was shut following the 2021 return of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
The announcement was made by Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during a bilateral meeting with his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi.
United Nations-sanctioned Muttaqi arrived in India on Thursday for a landmark six-day visit after the UN Security Council approved travel ban exemptions for the Taliban minister.
Muttaqi’s trip to India is the first by a senior Taliban leader since the Islamist militant group retook power in Kabul.