India’s Top Diplomat Thanks Taliban for Condemning Pahalgam Attack

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, has thanked the Taliban for condemning last month’s deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir.

In a post on X on Thursday, Jaishankar said he had a “good conversation” with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban Foreign Minister. This was the first political-level contact between the two sides since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.