Taliban wants relations with India
Kabul: Taliban leader Sher Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai said that the Taliban wants to extend relations with India.
Stanekzai said that we want to continue Afghanistan’s political, economic and cultural ties with India, the first time a member of the Taliban’s top hierarchy has spoken on the issue since the takeover of Kabul.
In a video posted on the Taliban’s social media platform, Stanekzai has spoken extensively in Pashto at the end of the war in Afghanistan. He further said that
the Taliban’s plans for forming an Islamic administration based on Shariah. He also spoke about the Taliban’s views on its relationship with India, Pakistan, China, and Russia.
“Trade with India through Pakistan is very important for us. With India, trade through air corridors will also remain open,” he said.
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India is very important for this subcontinent. We want to continue our cultural, economic, and trade ties with India like in the past,” he hinted at the Taliban’s plan for its resume of trade relations with India.
“We give due importance to our political, economic, and trade ties with India, and we want these ties to continue. We are looking forward to working with India in this regard,” Stanekzai added.
