Improving relations with the Taliban: Indo-Afghan airline to launch soon

Kabul, Ta. Sunday 12 June 2022

Amid signs of improvement in relations, the Taliban has announced the resumption of air services between Afghanistan and India. Flight service between the two countries is expected to start next week. The Taliban, meanwhile, has allowed Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, to return to Afghanistan from India. The Taliban recently disbanded some of the departments and institutions created in the previous government of Afghanistan, including the Rachin High Council for National Reconciliation.

Rahmatullah Aga, president of Afghanistan, the leading airline in Afghanistan, announced that flights to India, China and Kuwait would resume soon but the focus was on New Delhi. "Flights to India will start soon," he said. Where there is a lot to do. Many of our travelers are present there for treatment. Our flight to China and Kuwait will also start soon. To resume flights to India and Dr. The decision to allow Abdullah Abdullah to return home came after an Indian delegation visited Afghanistan on June 2.

Afghan Traders Endorse Trade With India

For the first time since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, an Indian delegation visited Afghanistan on 2 June 2022. In Kabul, Indian officials met with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki and Deputy Foreign Minister Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai. The move to resume trade relations with India has the support of Afghan traders. "The Indian market is a great opportunity for our agricultural sector," Afghan media quoted Mirwais Hajizada, a member of the Afghanistan Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock, as saying. Afghanistan is currently in season for grapes, pomegranates, apricots, saffron and medicinal plants.

The US special envoy assisted in the return of Abdullah-Abdullah

The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated. Dr. US Special Envoy Thomas West also assisted in the return of Abdullah-Abdullah. On the other hand, there is tension between the Taliban leadership and the European Union, whose special envoy to Afghanistan met in Brussels and expressed concern over the Taliban's harsh policies for women and the deteriorating state of their human rights.