The ‘Foreign Ministry’ of the Taliban in Kabul has established ‘contact’ with a section of Afghan diplomats who were posted in the Afghan embassy in New Delhi, a senior Taliban source said on November 29. This comes days after the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan announced the permanent closure of the mission in New Delhi.
“There were two groups in the Afghan embassy in New Delhi: There were those who were appointed as diplomats because of their affiliation with warlords in Kabul and, those who were not directly affiliated with the warlords. The second group has resumed contacts with the foreign ministry in Kabul to tackle daily affairs. The first group has taken asylum in European countries,” a senior Taliban source said in a statement to The Hindu.
