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kaBul under taliBan

kashmir on alert!

With Afghanistan under taliban rule, the terrorist groups in the region are becoming

more active. Jammu & kashmir has witnessed a rise in violence in the last few

weeks amid the dominant power sweep of taliban. A huge cause of concern for india

Our Bureau could share the nature of which
government could form in Af-
New Delhi/Doha/Kabul ghanistan,” Bagchi said.

n a big development, India Earlier, the Taliban had
said on Thursday that’s it’s lauded the development works
Itoo early to say anything on of India in Afghanistan.
recognition of the Taliban. In the But, India has a lot of rea-
first formal diplomatic contact sons to worry about the Taliban
between India and the Taliban rule in Kabul.
on Tuesday after the withdrawal After Taliban’s “victory” in
of US troops from Afghanistan, Afghanistan, al Qaeda posted
Ambassador of India to Qatar, a congratulatory message in
Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mo- which it called for “armed ji-
hammad Abbas Stanekzai, the had” to “liberate Palestine, Is-
head of the Taliban’s Political lamic Magreb, Somalia, Yemen
Office in Doha. and Kashmir from the enemies
The meeting took place at of Islam.”
the Embassy of India, Doha, at The Border Security Force personnel take their positions along the LoC The US-designated terror
the request of the Taliban side, border with Pakistan at Krishna Ghati Sector, in Poonch on Thursday. (ANI) group then said that just as Af-
the ministry of external affairs ghanistan was “liberated”, Pal-
ministry said today. The discus- estine should be “liberated from
sions focused on safety, security Zionist occupation and the Is-
and early return of Indian na- lamic Maghreb from French oc-
tionals stranded in Afghanistan. cupation,” while also liberating
The recent meeting with “the Levant, Somalia, Yemen,
Taliban leadership in Doha Kashmir and the rest of the Is-
should be seen just as a meet- lamic lands from the clutches
ing, the Ministry of External of the enemies of Islam.” The
Affairs said. “Let us see Doha message was distributed online
meeting for what it is, it is just by ‘As Sahab’, the media arm of
a meeting and I think these are al Qaeda, in both Arabic and
still very early days. I don’t have English just hours after the last
further on that,” MEA spokes- American soldier left Kabul, re-
person Arindam Bagchi said on ported FDD’s Long War Jour-
the question of recognising the Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Quereshi with nal, an American news website.
Taliban. New Delhi said that its the Taliban leaders in Islamabad Notably, the al-Qaeda state-
main concern is that Afghan soil ment was issued on Tuesday,
should not be used for terrorism India. We will focus on that el- and has categorically said that the day when the head of Tali-
against India. ement, “ MEA spokesperson there is no invitation extended ban’s political office Sher Mo-
“Our focus is not that Tal- said. to India. “We are not aware of hammed Stanakzai met with
iban is a terror organisation or The MEA has also con- the invite, I have seen media re- the Indian ambassador to Qa-
not, our focus is that Afghan soil firmed that as if now there is no ports on the government forma- tar Deepak Mittal in Doha at
should not be used in anti-India official intimation on govern- tion. We don’t have any update the Indian mission and assured
activity and terrorism against ment formation in Afghanistan on the invitation ‘and neither I Continued on next page... >>

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