New
Delhi:
As
I dia
a d
Taliba – uled
Afgha ista
fu the
i te sify
thei
p agmatic
e gageme t
focused
o
t ade,
huma ita ia
aid
a d
egio al
secu ity,
Taliba
will
celeb ate
the
fifth
a ive sa y
of
the
Victo y
Day
i
the
Afgha ista
embassy
i
Delhi
Mo day.
Victo y
Day
is
obse ved
a ually
by
Taliba
o
Aug
15
to
commemo ate
the
g oup’s
etu
to
Kabul
i
2021,
followi g
the
withd awal
of
US-led
Nato
fo ces.The
i vitatio
fo
the
eve t
has
bee
exte ded
by
Afgha ista
cha ge
d’affai es
Mufti
Noo
Ahmad
Noo
a d
ca ies
the
emblem
of
the
Islamic
Emi ate
of
Afgha ista .
Sou ces
said
the
eve t
is
ot
just
e do sed
by
the
I dia
side
but
will
also
see
pa ticipatio
by
se io
I dia
officials.I dia
does ‘t
officially
ecog ise
the
Islamic
Emi ate,
mai tai i g
that
its
positio
o
the
issue
is
i
co so a ce
with
the
i te atio al
commu ity,
although
it
has
allowed
Taliba
to
take
co t ol
of
the
Afgha
embassy.
Howeve ,
its
positio
is
also
ma ked
by
p agmatic
e gageme t
with
Taliba ,
leve agi g
its
histo ic
goodwill
a d
developme t
p ese ce
to
p otect
its
egio al
i te ests.
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co ve satio
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espectful
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commu ity
guideli es
The
effo ts
have
bee
fu the
aided
by
the
d amatic
shift
i
Taliba ‘s
ties
with
Pakista .
I dia
a d
Afgha ista
co ti ue
to
back
each
othe ‘s
sove eig ty
a d
te ito ial
i teg ity,
with
I dia
sta di g
by
Kabul
i
the
latte ‘s
bo de
co flict
with
Pakista .
Much
to
Pakista ‘s
chag i ,
Taliba
also
backed
I dia’s
sove eig ty
ove
J&K
i
a
joi t
stateme t
with
I dia
last
yea
by
e do si g
a
me tio
of
the
UT
as
located
i
I dia,
while
co dem i g
the
Pahalgam
attack.
While
esto i g
its
ow
embassy
i
Kabul
last
yea ,
I dia
had
ag eed
to
the
appoi tme t
of
Taliba
diplomats.The
developme t
followed
a
la dma k
visit
by
Afgha ista
fo eig
mi iste
Ami
Kha
Muttaqi
to
I dia
that
fu the
ceme ted
the
elatio ship.
