“That doesn’t mean you don’t do anything. It simply means that you have to… the situation is very fluid on the ground, you have to allow it to see how it evolves. You have to see whether the assurances that have been made publicly are actually maintained on the ground, and how things work out,” he said.
The foreign secretary was in Washington DC for a series of meetings with top officials of the Biden administration. He met US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl and discussed ways to advance India-US strategic and defence partnerships.
The diplomat told reporters that based on the limited engagement that India has had with the Taliban, the new Afghan rulers have indicated that it would be reasonable in addressing our concerns.
“In our statement, we have said that we have told them that we want them to be cognisant of the fact that there should be no terrorism that emanates from their territory directed against us, or other countries; that we want them to be…