MIR: If the Taliban are responding to India, if they are, say, talking about terrorism, if they somehow open up to a human rights conversation with the Indians, that might be good news.

Hubballi: Congress should be ashamed of comparing the RSS with the Taliban. Earlier, the Congress had glorified Tipu Sultan ...

In a significant move reflecting the Taliban regime’s growing intent to deepen diplomatic ties with India, a second Afghan ...

However, India’s diplomatic presence that extended beyond Kabul and its support for the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance ended with the arrival of the Taliban 2.0 in August 2021.

Post-2001, India often accused the Afghan Taliban of conducting attacks targeting its assets in Afghanistan. It was in this backdrop that India was very cautious in engaging with the Taliban.

Yet, last week signalled a shift. India's top diplomat Vikram Misri met Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai - the highest level of engagement since Kabul's fall.

FILE - Senior Indian diplomat J.P. Singh, left, meets with the Taliban's acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2022. India views the Taliban as bringing ...

Afghans studying in India hold placards and stand outside the U.S. Embassy asking for help, in New Delhi, India, August 28, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/Manish Swarup The Taliban regime in Afghanistan ...

India’s “quiet” rendezvous with the Taliban in Doha was confirmed by a senior Qatar official, thereby marking a striking policy shift in New Delhi’s approach to Afghanistan.

India's leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing it will benefit their bitter rival Pakistan and feed a long-simmering insurgency in the disputed region of Kashmir.

So, watching that, the Indian policymakers seem to have concluded that perhaps there is enough distance between their arch-rival Pakistan and the Taliban, that the Taliban after all are not a mere ...