‘Continue to have engagement’: What MEA said on recognising Taliban government – watch | India News

NEW DELHI: India continues to have engagement with the Afghan authorities, ministry of exterior affairs said on FridayResponding to a media question on India’s place relating to recognition of the Taliban government in Kabul, ministry of exterior affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We have long-standing ties with people of Afghanistan. We continue to support the aspiration and development needs of the Afghan people. We continue to have engagement with Afghan authorities.”India despatched 21 tonnes of humanitarian help to earthquake-hit Afghanistan on Tuesday after a robust Sunday evening quake killed over 2,200 Afghan residents.

Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, India has not formally recognised the present dispensation in Afghanistan however has maintained contact by means of its technical staff stationed on the Indian Embassy in Kabul. India has additionally offered humanitarian help, together with meals grains and medicines, to the Afghan inhabitants.In an additional indication of India’s rising engagement with the Taliban, international secretary Vikram Misri had held a gathering with Afghanistan’s performing international minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai in January this 12 months.The January assembly between Misri and Muttaqi was the best-stage contact up to now between Delhi and the Taliban because the Taliban took over Kabul in 2021.