Taliban took over Kabil through an armed struggle in August 2021 and India is yet to recognise Taliban's rule in Afghanistan. Further, New Delhi remains concerned over the presence in Afghanistan of terror elements belonging to Pakistan-based terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

India and Afghanistan have taken a significant step in securing their first high-level bilateral engagement. No foreign government, including India, officially recognizes the Taliban regime.

India-Afghanistan-Taliban: In a surprise development Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai and promised to cooperate with the interim Taliban government there in enhancing trade,

The Pakistan factor is at play and so is India’s need for Chabahar. The warming of ties between Kabul and New Delhi is not a sudden development but a result of quiet diplomacy since the Taliban came t

An improvement in New Delhi’s relationship with Kabul would put Islamabad under further pressure, potentially limiting its capacity to stir up mischief on the Indian border

Afghanistan has reached out to India to enhance diplomatic and economic relations amidst regional security concerns. This comes after the first engagement between Kabul and New Delhi since the Taliban took control.

India has only sent officials at the joint secretary level to Kabul to engage with the former militant group which now holds power in Afghanistan

In recent months, people-to-people relations and trade & transit between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been squeezed. This has

Is Pakistan on the verge of losing its erstwhile friend, the Afghan Taliban, to its arch-rival India? India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meets with Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi,

Following the highest-level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban's foreign office said they saw India as a "significant regional and economic partner".

While there is no move yet to grant official recognition to the Taliban government, this is an effort by India to secure its own national and security interests with many moving parts in play.

India on Monday condemned air strikes that Pakistan publicly never acknowledged in Afghanistan, backing the interim administration of Afghan Taliban, who were once viewed by New Delhi as Pakistan's proxy.