Afghanistan wants to strengthen relations with India, Taliban government said a big thing:Relations between India and the Taliban government of Afghanistan seem to be getting stronger. A high-level meeting has taken place between the two countries in Dubai. After this meeting, the Taliban government has said that India is an important regional and economic power.

India and Afghanistan Relation: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has said that India is an 'important' regional and economic power. The Taliban's remarks came after talks between Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki in Dubai on Wednesday. Misri and Muttaki discussed various issues in the first public high-level meeting held between the two countries since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021.

Afghanistan expressed gratitude to India

In a statement, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said Muttaqi "expressed gratitude to India for humanitarian assistance and said we want to strengthen political and economic ties with India". "The Foreign Minister assured the Indian side that it faces no threat from Afghanistan. He also expressed hope for visa facilitation from India for his businessmen, patients and students to boost diplomatic ties", the ministry said. Representatives from Afghanistan's Commerce and Transport Ministries also attended the meeting, the statement said. It said measures to boost political, economic and people-to-people ties between the two countries were widely discussed.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri (L) and Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi (R)

India will help

According to the Indian Foreign Ministry, at the meeting the Indian side said that New Delhi would consider joining development projects in Afghanistan and providing additional material assistance to the country in the health sector. In response to the request of the Afghan side, India will first of all provide additional material assistance to the health sector and the resettlement of refugees, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Agreement reached on Chabahar port

The ministry said it was also agreed to promote the use of Chabahar port to support trade and commercial activities, including for the purpose of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. Afghanistan said the Indian side conveyed that it is keen to promote trade through the Chabahar port. The talks between Misri and Muttaki took place two days after India "unequivocally" condemned Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan that killed dozens of people.