India thanks Taliban | Jaishankar welcomes its rebuttal of Pakistan

In a historic first, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, thanking him for condemning the Pahalgam terror attack. This marks the highest-level India-Taliban contact since the Taliban's 2021 takeover. The conversation followed Afghanistan’s firm rejection of false Pakistani media claims about Indian missile strikes. Muttaqi praised India as a key regional partner and sought visa facilitation and prisoner returns. This development comes amid rising tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban over TTP activity.