New Delhi: In what is said to be the first meeting of its kind, a senior Indian government official held official talks with the acting Taliban Defense Minister in Afghanistan. The wire He said on Friday. She added that the meeting was held between the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, JP Singh, … Read more
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban government said on Wednesday that it hopes to open a “new chapter” in relations with the United States after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections. Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said in a post on the X website that the government hopes that the future Trump administration will take … Read more
Kabul: Beijing’s envoy to Kabul said Thursday that China will offer the Afghan Taliban access to its huge construction, energy and consumer sectors without tariffs, as the resource-rich and diplomatically isolated regime seeks to build its markets. Beijing has sought to develop its relations with the Taliban since it took control of Afghanistan in 2021, … Read more
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove the Afghan Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal procedures in order to make it a reality, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative … Read more
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) meeting Afghanistan’s Taliban Leaders. — Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs/File Moscow convinced for “pragmatic dialogue” with Afghan govt: FM Decision needs various legal procedures to make it reality: envoy. Russia added Afghan Taliban to its terror list in 2003. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a decision to remove … Read more