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By Jayanta Bhattacharya
NEW DELHI-Afghanistan has seen an apparent “increase” in India’s pragmatic engagement with the Taliban authorities in recent months, as the regime marks five years of rule in Kabul this month.
India’s diplomatic ties with Afghanistan have endured through decades of conflict and political upheaval. The Indian Embassy in Kabul kept the Tricolor flying even during the tumultuous period that followed the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
The Soviet withdrawal, which began in 1988 and was completed in 1989, ended a decade-long conflict that had profound regional and global consequences. The then Soviet Union had intervened to support a Commun...
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