A top Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has said that the group wants to continue political and economic ties with India. In a televised speech, Stanikzai said India is an important country in the region and that Afghanistan under Taliban would like continue its relationship with India. It was unclear whether the comments made by Stanikzai reflected Taliban's official position. However Stanikzai, who is a passout of Indian Military Academy, had earlier also reached out to India requesting for retaining of its diplomatic staff in Kabul after Taliban takoever. Stanikzai however did not address India's security concern which is the presence of Pakistani terror groups on Indian soil. Watch this report to know what Stanikzai said.
E-Paper
