India agrees to provide aid to Afghanistan but refuses to recognise the temporary government
India agrees to provide aid to Afghanistan but refuses to recognise the temporary government
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India refused to recognise its government in Kabul in its most recent meeting with Taliban leaders in Moscow late on Wednesday, but caved in by promising a large cargo of food supplies to Afghanistan, despite the fact that the arrangements were still being worked out.

On the sidelines of the Russia-led talks, a team led by Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi paid a visit to Indian envoy JP Singh, emphasising the need to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties. “Both parties thought it was important to consider each other’s issues and improve diplomatic and commercial ties. According to Taliban Deputy Minister Zabiullah Mujahid, “the Indian side eventually expressed its willingness to deliver large-scale humanitarian help to the Afghans.” There was no Indian summary of the meeting, leaving observers to wonder if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s top worries about terrorism and inclusive government were addressed. Both sides have yet to deliver on the requests made at the previous official meeting between the Taliban and an Indian envoy on August 31 in Doha, according to analysts. The Taliban have yet to follow through on their promise to provide safe passage to Sikh Afghans to Indian Ambassador Deepak Mittal in Qatar.

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Similarly, New Delhi has not responded to Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai’s appeal to restart commercial flights and make it easier for scholarship students to travel to India.

The Taliban team also met with an Iranian delegation, which conveyed its displeasure with the round table later.

“Despite serious and significant discussions on regional cooperation for peace, stability, and security in Afghanistan, the third meeting of the Moscow format ended without serious results, which should have been announced in the joint statement of the conference.” The failure to issue a common statement, in my opinion, is due to the meeting management’s weakness and a lack of effort to establish a consensus,” said senior Iranian diplomat Rasoul Mousavi.

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