India will consider participating in development projects in Afghanistan in the near future, India’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, despite the lack of diplomatic ties.
The statement came after a meeting between India’s Foreign Minister Vikram Misri and Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai.
“In response to the request of the Afghan side, India will provide more material support in the first instance to the health sector and for the rehabilitation of refugees,” the statement said.
So far, India has sent several consignments of wheat, medicines, Covid vaccines and winter clothing to Afghanistan.
India does not recognize the Taliban government that took power in 2021 and closed its own embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took control that year.
The Afghan embassy in New Delhi was closed in November 2023 after diplomats appointed by the Afghan government ousted by the Taliban failed to obtain visa extensions from their Indian hosts.
