Indian embassy in Kabul will assist ‘regional peace’: Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen

The Taliban administration in afghanistan has welcomed India‘s resolution to improve the Indian Technical Mission in Kabul into an embassy. In a press release to The HinduKabul’s Ambassador to Qatar, Suhail Shaheen stated the Indian transfer will assist in constructing “regional peace”.

“It’s a rightful step to place bilateral relations on regular observe, construct belief, promote commerce and cooperation and play a constructive function in regional peace. I welcome this resolution and searching ahead to seeing good bilateral relations between Afghanistan and India,” stated Mr. Shaheen who’s the Spokesman for worldwide media for the Taliban administration. Mr. Shaheen can also be serving as Kabul’s Ambassador to Qatar.

“It is a vital and wanted resolution for relations between the 2 international locations in numerous areas,” stated Mr. Shaheen.

As determined throughout the current go to of International Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, India restored formal diplomatic hyperlinks with Kabul on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) by upgrading the Technical Mission into an embassy with “fast impact”. Official sources stated this may result in India appointing a CDA (chargé d’affaires) within the Indian embassy in Kabul.

“The Embassy of India in Kabul will additional increase India’s contribution to Afghanistan’s complete growth, humanitarian help, and capability constructing initiatives, in step with the priorities and aspirations of Afghan society,” stated the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) within the assertion saying the restoration of formal diplomatic contact with Taliban-administered Afghanistan.

India had shut its embassy in Kabul and withdrew present employees in August 2021 when regulation and order state of affairs had damaged down as Taliban overthrow the federal government of President Ashraf GhaniThe Indian consulates in Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad, Kandahar and Herat had additionally been closed because the battle intensified in early 2021. India had despatched a technical group to Kabul to run the mission on June 23, 2022. which was meant to facilitate humanitarian help and supply consular help.