MEA stresses India committed to territorial integrity of Afghanistan, on Pak-Afghan tensions
By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday “We are closely monitoring the situation,” between Pakistan and Afghanistan tensions as he responded to a question on India’s view on Afghanistan-Pakistan border tensions during his weekly media briefing in New Delhi.
India on Thursday reiterated its commitment to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence of Afghanistan.
He reacted to the escalating border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan following a series of clashes and airstrikes in the recent days.
Jaiswal was responding to a question on India’s view on Afghanistan-Pakistan border tensions during his weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We are closely monitoring the situation.”
“Three things are clear — one that Pakistan hosts terrorist organisations and sponsors terrorist activities. Two, it is an old practice of Pakistan to blame its neighbours for its own internal failures. And three, Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own territories,” he said.
“India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan,” the MEA spokesperson said.
Jaiswal informed that the upgrade of India’s Technical Mission in Kabul to a full-fledged Embassy of India will take place in the next few days. “Presently, we have a technical mission in Kabul. The transition from this technical mission to the embassy will happen in the next few days,” he said.
India’s Technical Mission has been operational in Kabul since June 2022, providing limited diplomatic and humanitarian engagement after the closure of the Indian Embassy in August 2021, after the withdrawal of US-led NATO forces from Afghanistan, he added.
