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Afghanistan
India Opens Channels With Taliban Leaders: Report
2021-06-10
[ToloNews] India for the first time opened channels of communication with Afghan Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
leaders, including the group's deputy leader Mullah Ghani Baradar, the Hindustan Times reported on Wednesday.

The report said the move marks "a significant shift" from New Delhi’s position of not engaging with the Taliban in any way.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  I had a feeling that was behind the report.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-06-10 19:29  

#1  We've always had 'open channels' with all players here. An overt recognition of the coming hardliner regime was not necessary, and will not go down well with other parties. But you take what you can get, hedge your bets in this ongoing charlie foxtrot.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-10 04:58  

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