Taliban Envoy In India

The Taliban regime has appointed a young Afghan student in India, Ikramuddin Kamil, as Acting Consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai. This is the first appointment by the Taliban, which India does not recognise, since it took power.

Special envoys of China, Russia, and Pakistan have met the top officials of the interim Taliban government as well as Afghan leaders in Kabul and discussed the formation of an inclusive government, combating terrorism, a top Chinese official said.

Many members in the "de facto" Taliban administration in Afghanistan, including the prime minister and foreign minister, are designated by the UN, and the Security Council needs to decide steps on the sanctions list, a top UN official said.

The government announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is "anything but inclusive" and the Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities, the country's envoy to the UN has said.

Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said if India doesn't consider the Taliban a terror organisation, then it must get them de-listed from the UN's list of such groups. If not, then there ought to be no such talks, he said.

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban diplomat that an Indian envoy met in Doha, spent four years training under the Indian Army. He is among the top seven persons in the Taliban hierarchy.

India's envoy to Qatar to met the Taliban's representative in Doha, marking the first formal diplomatic contact between the two sides. Ambassador Deepak Mittal raised the matter terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.

Pakistan had birthed Taliban in an attempt to counter India, a former Afghan envoy has said citing former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf.

Amid escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, India has evacuated its embassy staff in Kabul in a special Air Force flight.

The rapid deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan is a "serious matter", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday after meeting Qatari special envoy for conflict resolution Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani.

As talks with the Taliban insurgents taper, Afghanistan has said it may look at military assistance from India. However, its envoy has clarified that this did not translate to the involvement of troops, but only aid in training and technical support.

Amid the spiralling cycle of Taliban violence, the Afghan envoy to India Farid Mamundzay has said that the security situation in the country is difficult but he sees no immediate threat for Indian consulates to shut down.

United States Department of Defense quarterly report to US Congress says that Pakistan continues to harbor the Taliban and associated terrorist groups in Pakistan, such as the Haqqani Network, which maintains the ability to conduct attacks against Afghan interests.

US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Pakistan to discuss revival of the peace talks with the Pakistani leaders and a possible meeting with a Taliban delegation headed by the group's co-founder and chief peace negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Linking the situation in Kashmir with the ongoing peace efforts in Afghanistan is "reckless, unwarranted and irresponsible", a top Afghan diplomat has said, slamming her Pakistani counterpart.

The Taliban regime has appointed a young Afghan student in India, Ikramuddin Kamil, as Acting Consul at Afghanistan's Consulate in Mumbai. This is the first appointment by the Taliban, which India does not recognise, since it took power.

Special envoys of China, Russia, and Pakistan have met the top officials of the interim Taliban government as well as Afghan leaders in Kabul and discussed the formation of an inclusive government, combating terrorism, a top Chinese official said.

Many members in the "de facto" Taliban administration in Afghanistan, including the prime minister and foreign minister, are designated by the UN, and the Security Council needs to decide steps on the sanctions list, a top UN official said.

The government announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is "anything but inclusive" and the Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities, the country's envoy to the UN has said.

Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said if India doesn't consider the Taliban a terror organisation, then it must get them de-listed from the UN's list of such groups. If not, then there ought to be no such talks, he said.

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban diplomat that an Indian envoy met in Doha, spent four years training under the Indian Army. He is among the top seven persons in the Taliban hierarchy.

India's envoy to Qatar to met the Taliban's representative in Doha, marking the first formal diplomatic contact between the two sides. Ambassador Deepak Mittal raised the matter terrorism emanating from Afghanistan.

Pakistan had birthed Taliban in an attempt to counter India, a former Afghan envoy has said citing former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf.

Amid escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, India has evacuated its embassy staff in Kabul in a special Air Force flight.

The rapid deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan is a "serious matter", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday after meeting Qatari special envoy for conflict resolution Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani.

As talks with the Taliban insurgents taper, Afghanistan has said it may look at military assistance from India. However, its envoy has clarified that this did not translate to the involvement of troops, but only aid in training and technical support.

Amid the spiralling cycle of Taliban violence, the Afghan envoy to India Farid Mamundzay has said that the security situation in the country is difficult but he sees no immediate threat for Indian consulates to shut down.

United States Department of Defense quarterly report to US Congress says that Pakistan continues to harbor the Taliban and associated terrorist groups in Pakistan, such as the Haqqani Network, which maintains the ability to conduct attacks against Afghan interests.

US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Pakistan to discuss revival of the peace talks with the Pakistani leaders and a possible meeting with a Taliban delegation headed by the group's co-founder and chief peace negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Linking the situation in Kashmir with the ongoing peace efforts in Afghanistan is "reckless, unwarranted and irresponsible", a top Afghan diplomat has said, slamming her Pakistani counterpart.