Days after hosting Taliban Foreign Minister, India says ‘fully committed’ to Afghan ‘sovereignty and territorial integrity’

Days aft hosting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, India connected Thursday (October 16, 2025) assured Afghanistan that it remains “fully committed” to Afghan sovereignty and territorial integrity, arsenic Afghanistan and Pakistan clashed earlier this week, leaving hundreds dormant on the Durand Line.

Speaking astatine the play property briefing, the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, said that India is “closely monitoring” the unfolding conflict. The contented of Afghanistan’s stableness besides featured successful the Third India-Central Asia National Security Advisers’ Meeting held successful the Kyrgyz superior Bishkek, which National Security Adviser Ajit Doval attended connected Thursday.

“We are intimately monitoring the situation. Pakistan hosts violent organisations and sponsors violent activities. It is an aged signifier of Pakistan to blasted its neighbours for its interior failures, and Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty implicit its ain territories. India remains afloat committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independency of Afghanistan,” said Mr. Jaiswal, extending enactment for the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan aft Pakistani jets reportedly bombed targets successful Kabul connected Wednesday.

The 2 sides agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire connected Wednesday aft days of violence, marking the worst escalation since the Taliban took powerfulness successful Kabul successful August 2021.

The Taliban administration’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, has accused Pakistan of harbouring ISIS militants, portion Pakistan has blamed the Afghan Taliban for supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In a property league present connected October 12, Mr. Muttaqi, however, blamed the actions by TTP connected Pakistan, saying, “They should look wrong their country.”

While welcoming Mr. Muttaqi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced connected October 10 the upgrading of the Indian Technical Mission successful Kabul into a full-fledged embassy. Mr. Jaiswal said connected Thursday that this upgradation process volition beryllium completed “within a fewer days”.

Afghanistan besides featured prominently successful the Bishkek meeting, which brought unneurotic the Secretaries of the Security Council and National Security Advisers of India and the Central Asian Republics. “The Secretaries/NSAs emphasised the value of information and stableness successful Afghanistan for the region,” said a connection issued aft the meeting.

“They agreed to enactment intimately with Afghanistan successful addressing information challenges, arsenic good arsenic successful the areas of connectivity and economical development, which could signifier the ground of semipermanent stability,” the Ministry of External Affairs added.