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New Delhi: At first, by mentioning India by name, the Taliban said they would like to have a positive relationship with the country and welcomed New Delhi’s cooperation in Afghanistan.
In exclusive statements to our chief correspondent, spokesman for the Doha Taliban political office, Suhail Shaheen, said: “Based on our national interest and mutual respect, we would like to have positive relations with neighboring countries, including India, and to thank your contribution and cooperation in the reconstruction of the future Afghanistan. “
He explained: “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a national Islamic movement in Afghanistan that has been fighting for the emancipation of the country from occupation. We have no agenda beyond our border.”
Comments come even when the United States is interested in India talking to the Taliban. The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, was in New Delhi last week, the first such visit after the deal with the United States’ Taliban on February 29, and had discussed this with India.
During the visit, he called on Minister of External Affairs (EAM) S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, and sources at the meeting said: “It is clear that New Delhi must be part of the process if we need to effectively contribute to (Afghan) peace process. “
The conversations to which “urgency level” sources were added had “covered the full range of the situation in Afghanistan. The proposal to accommodate different strands of political thought was discussed.”
In early 2020, terrorists attacked a Gurdwara in Kabul, killing more than 25 Afghan Sikhs, and the Islamic State claimed the attack. The attack also killed an Indian.
India also expressed deep “concern about the increase in violence” and extended its support for the “call for an immediate ceasefire” and needs “to help the people of Afghanistan to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.”
India also stressed the need to “put an end to terrorist shelters and sanctuaries”, which is necessary for “lasting and sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan”. The United States Special Envoy was accompanied by the Senior Director of the United States National Security Council, Lisa Curtis, and the United States Ambassador to India, Ken Juster.
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