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S Jaishankar made a phone call with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki
It marks India’s first ministerial level outreach for the Taliban rule.
Dr. Jaishankar praised the Taliban’s Pahalgam terror attack.
New Delhi:
Scripting a new chapter in regional mobility, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke on an official phone call with Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottki. This call assumes importance as it is the first minister-level outreach for India’s Taliban administration by India.
Dr. Jaishankar’s Shri Mutki calls a call a few days after Afghanistan’s Taliban rule, which is yet to be officially identified to New Delhi, condemning the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 citizens, all tourists, all tourists, were killed by terrorists associated with Pakistan in a dharma-mental attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
‘Ministerial level talks – with a first Taliban’
Soon after the phone call, in a post on social media platform X, Dr. Jaishankar wrote, “This evening is a good conversation with Afghan Foreign Minister Mavlawi Amir Khan Mottaki. He said that during the discussion he underlined the traditional friendship with the Afghan people (India’s) traditional friendship and continued support for their development needs. Discussed methods and means of advancing methods and means of cooperation. “
‘A refutation for Pakistan’
While combating the false story of Pakistan to connect the Taliban to the events of Jammu and Kashmir and India’s reaction, Dr. Jaishankar wrote that he welcomed the “Mr. Mutki’s” firm rejection of recent efforts to create mistrust between India and Afghanistan through false and baseless reports in Pakistani media.
A good conversation with Afghan Foreign Minister Mavlawi Amir Khan Mottaki this evening.
Pahalgam is deeply appreciated by his condemnation of the terrorist attack.
False between India and Afghanistan and…
– Dr. S. jaishankar (@drsjaishankar) May 15, 2025
‘Importance of Iran’s Chabahar Port’
According to Hafiz Zia Ahmed, director of the Taliban communication, during the call, Mr. Mutki. Jayashankar was asked to provide more visas to Afghan citizens, especially those who were looking for medical treatment. He mentioned that negotiations about the trade and development of Chabahar port in Iran were also discussed.
The Senior Taliban officer shared several positions in Pashto Language, in which broadly discussed between the two ministers.
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Strengthening, strengthening negotiations on trade and diplomatic communication, trade and diplomatic communication were discussed. pic.twitter.com/weerrvaru– Hafiz Zia Ahmed (@hafizziaahmad) May 15, 2025
And patients have facilitated the facility of giving Afghan prisoners in India and returns to the country.
Indian Foreign Minister Shri J. Ankar also spent India’s relations with Afghanistan historically and said that his country …
– Hafiz Zia Ahmed (@hafizziaahmad) May 15, 2025
Discussion on the Chabahar port gives importance when India and Pakistan have completely terminated all trade relations and have closed their border positions in view of the Pahgam terror attack. Being a land-clot country, Afghanistan feels the influence, as it depends on the land routes through Pakistan to reach India.
India and Afghanistan also share a land border, but it has been cut-off by Pakistan-occupied Kashmir or Poke since 1947. The only other option for business is through the Chabahar port in Iran.
‘Promote relationships with Taliban’
India and the Taliban administration are taking steps to strengthen relations from August 2021, when the rule came to power after returning from Afghanistan. Over the years, a series of meetings between Indian diplomats and Taliban officials has worked towards widespread cooperation between the two countries that have shared historical relations.
Although relations have not yet been normalized, India’s policy towards Afghanistan under the Taliban rule focuses on providing humanitarian aid and the good of Afghan citizens. Diplomatic initiative is also in the direction of bringing the general situation into relations.
Recently as of April 27 this year, a few days after the Pahalgam terror attack, senior Indian diplomat Anand Prakash visited Kabul as there was tension on the “cross -terrorist link” between New Delhi and Islamabad. Mr. Prakash held a meeting with Mr. Mottaki during the yatra.
‘Diplomatic attachment’
Other major visits to senior Indian diplomats include Mr. JP Singh, who visited Afghanistan twice last year – to meet Acting External Affairs Minister Amir Khan Mottaki in March, and to meet Acting Defense Minister Mohammad Yakube Mujahid in November. Both meetings were held in Kabul.
Apart from meetings in Afghanistan, A A high level meeting was also held in Dubai In January this year, when Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri along with an Indian delegation met Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutki and an Afghan delegation. The two leaders held extensive bilateral talks including Chabahar port.
The aim of the meeting in Dubai was to increase cooperation on humanitarian aid, developmental aid, trade, commerce, sports, cultural relations, regional security and national interest projects.
‘Confidence-making measures’
In recent times, the Government of India has also allowed the Taliban to control Afghan missions in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad to provide consular services to its citizens in India and help people coming to India from Afghanistan to pay business or study or medical attention.
In terms of humanitarian aid, New Delhi has so far sent several shipments, including more than 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat, 300 tons of drugs, 27 tonnes of earthquake relief aid, 40,000 liters of pesticides, 100 million polio doses, 1.5 million doses of Kovid vaccine, 11,000 units, 11,000 units, 11,000 units, 11,000 units. In the last few years, tonne stationery kits.
