Afghanistan has assured India that it will not allow its soil to be used for anti-India activities and has expressed interest in widening humanitarian and development partnership with New Delhi.
Taliban's acting defence minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid gave this assurance to senior external affairs ministry (MEA) official JP Singh at a meeting in Kabul this week, people aware of the matter told ET.
Mujahid is a son of Mullah Omar who was Afghanistan's leader between 1996-2001.
Singh handles the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran region in MEA. During his Kabul trip, he also met Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
There is semblance of stability in Afghanistan under the current Taliban rule even as women's rights and education remain a concern, sources cited above said. Pakistan-backed anti-India terror groups are not allowed to operate from there and there is scope for strengthening New Delhi-Kabul ties at a time when Pak-Afghan ties are deteriorating, they said.
The Taliban regime has banned poppy cultivation and appears to be determined to fight Daesh, or ISIS, in the Afghan-Pak region that allegedly has the backing of Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the sources said.
Pakistan has removed its special representative to Afghanistan Asif Durrani. According to an official notification, Durrani was "relieved of his responsibilities as special representative on Afghanistan in management position" on September 10.
Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan have frayed, primarily over issues related to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, the sources said.
There is scope for increased cooperation between New Delhi and Kabul in humanitarian assistance and development projects. Before the Taliban came back to power in 2021, India had financed several projects in Afghanistan, including the parliament building, road and power infrastructure. It had also backed district-wise small development projects.
Taliban's acting defence minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid gave this assurance to senior external affairs ministry (MEA) official JP Singh at a meeting in Kabul this week, people aware of the matter told ET.
Mujahid is a son of Mullah Omar who was Afghanistan's leader between 1996-2001.
Singh handles the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran region in MEA. During his Kabul trip, he also met Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
There is semblance of stability in Afghanistan under the current Taliban rule even as women's rights and education remain a concern, sources cited above said. Pakistan-backed anti-India terror groups are not allowed to operate from there and there is scope for strengthening New Delhi-Kabul ties at a time when Pak-Afghan ties are deteriorating, they said.
The Taliban regime has banned poppy cultivation and appears to be determined to fight Daesh, or ISIS, in the Afghan-Pak region that allegedly has the backing of Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the sources said.
Pakistan has removed its special representative to Afghanistan Asif Durrani. According to an official notification, Durrani was "relieved of his responsibilities as special representative on Afghanistan in management position" on September 10.
Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan have frayed, primarily over issues related to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, the sources said.
There is scope for increased cooperation between New Delhi and Kabul in humanitarian assistance and development projects. Before the Taliban came back to power in 2021, India had financed several projects in Afghanistan, including the parliament building, road and power infrastructure. It had also backed district-wise small development projects.
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