New Delhi: Afghan foreign minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar has lauded India’s “constructive role” in “strengthening regional consensus on the Afghan peace process”. The Afghan FM and Indian External Affairs minister Dr. S Jaishankar held an in-person bilateral in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meet. Wednesday will see SCO – Afghanistan contact group meeting.
During the meet, “Minister Atmar underscored the constructive role of India in…the preservation of the achievements of the last two decades”, an Afghan Foreign Ministry statement said. The country has seen women’s rights, minority rights being granted, and increased liberty as compared to the Taliban era of the 1990s, which many countries have called to be preserved.
The meet comes amid increased violence in the country by the Taliban as American forces leave after 2 decades. While many districts have fallen into the hands of the Taliban,…