The Ministry of External Affairs has given official information about the meeting with a representative of the Taliban. The meeting took place in Qatar’s capital, Doha, at the request of the Taliban. The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that India’s ambassador to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met with the head of the Taliban Political Office, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai.
The Wire‘s senior editor Arfa Khanum Sherwani discussed the issue with Hard News editor Sanjay Kapoor and former Indian ambassador to Afghanistan Vivek Katju.