India’s permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Parvathaneni Harish’s statement calling for a “practical engagement with the Taliban” in a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan has confirmed India’s recalibration in policy towards the war-torn country.

Though India has not formally recognised the Taliban government, the visits—by the acting Afghan foreign minister, who visited India in October this year, followed by the minister of industry and commerce—suggest New Delhi has ended its long-held policy of not working with the Taliban publicly, a stance it had maintained through the 1990s right up to the 2021 takeover.

India’s recalibration is due to the changing geopolitical environment. President Trump’s........

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