Unsealed US indictment says Sharifullah had confessed he was also behind 2016 bombing outside Canadian embassy in Kabul and 2024 bombing of a concert hall near Russia's Moscow.

Focus on humanitarian aid, regional connectivity could help India regain ‘strategic space’ lost after the Taliban took over in 2021, analysts note.

United States President Trump revealed on Tuesday that the country had taken custody of an Afghan involved in planning the deadly 2021 suicide attack at the Kabul airport that claimed the lives of 13 troops during the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump termed the attack “the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country.”

Bloomberg has reported that India, in response to China’s growing influence in Afghanistan, is cautiously considering accepting a Taliban representative as the ambassador to the Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi.

Afghan Ambassador to Iran Fazl Haqqani met his Indian counterpart Gaurav Shresth in Tehran in what is seen as the latest engagement between the two sides. They conferred on expanding cooperation in the area of exports and imports through the Chabahar port in Iran, The Times of India reported.

India urged to not normalize engagement with Taliban regime in Kabul, despite reports of accepting Taliban-appointed diplomat.

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