NEW DELHI: India continues to have engagement with the Afghan authorities, ministry of exterior affairs mentioned on FridayResponding to a media question on India’s place relating to recognition of the Taliban authorities in Kabul, ministry of exterior affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned, “Now we have long-standing ties with individuals of Afghanistan. We proceed to help the aspiration and growth wants of the Afghan individuals. We proceed 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.
Because the Taliban takeover in August 2021, India has not formally recognised the present dispensation in Afghanistan however has maintained contact by its technical workforce 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 appearing international minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai in January this 12 months.The January assembly between Misri and Muttaqi was the highest-level contact thus far between Delhi and the Taliban because the Taliban took over Kabul in 2021.