00:00This statement coming in from the Afghan foreign minister who's put out a big message to Pakistan.
00:05The statement that reads and I quote,
00:07We will not allow Afghan territory to be used against any country.
00:12Both sides will remain in touch on this issue.
00:15Of course, he's referring to India and Afghanistan.
00:18As he continues to say that we condemn any cross-border action of Pakistan in Afghanistan,
00:24we would like to warn Pakistan government that issues cannot be solved through this approach.
00:30Mutaki has also said that Afghan people's patience and dare should not be challenged
00:35if someone does not know that they should ask British or Soviets or even the Americans.
00:47We also talked about security concerns
00:50and had detailed discussions on this end.
00:55The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, just as it has proven over the course of the last four years
01:01that the territory of Afghanistan would not be used against others,
01:05it remains committed to that policy
01:10that the territory of Afghanistan has not threatened,
01:15has not been used to threaten or harm others.
01:18Afghanistan has a long history of safeguarding its independence, sovereignty
01:23and combating occupations.
01:26And even after this,
01:28Afghanistan will not allow military interventions
01:32or military presence of anyone.
01:35Afghanistan, you know,
01:36we understand that that is what we need to do it,
01:39and that we can identify with borders and .
01:40and then we can identify as well as a result of the cooperation
01:42between the самол,
01:43and the way we have to do it.
01:44It is a place where this report is
01:46that the Arabian government has a better position
01:48in the country and囉
01:52and the way we have to do it.
01:53and we have to do it.
01:56this situation
01:58we haven't got it
02:00we don't like it
02:02we don't have it
02:03we don't have it
02:06but I do have it
02:08we can't do that
02:10we don't have it
02:12so our
02:14request is
02:14that we don't want it
02:18we don't want it
02:21if we have a
02:21we don't let it
02:24it
02:25So if people ask them, if they ask them, they ask them to English, then to the Union, then to the United States, then to the United States.
02:41so that they can understand to them that Afghanistan can't do what they do, they ask them to assist us, then to the United States, then to the United States, then to the United States, then to the United States.
03:08We want a diplomatic request. When there is a diplomatic request, we need to solve the same challenges.
03:38So over the last four years, and we hope that this balanced policy will encourage others to also come forward.
03:47Cutting across to my colleague Pranay Upadhyay, now joining us on the broadcast.
03:51Pranay, clear message to Pakistan coming in from Afghanistan that India and Afghanistan stand united on this issue.
03:58Pakistan should not mess around and Pakistan clearly panicking.
04:02Absolutely, Suresha. In response to India Today's question, Amir Khan Muttaki, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan,
04:11clearly sent a strong message from the Indian soil to Pakistan that Pakistan should desist from taking such kind of actions
04:19and such kind of, like, you know, irresponsible actions on the Afghan territory.
04:25And they shouldn't forget the lessons of history because how Afghan remain an independent country
04:30and how they respect their own sovereignty, how they defended their own sovereignty,
04:34need not to be reminded to people in Pakistan.
04:37And he sent out a clear message to Pakistan that it is Pakistan who has been sponsoring terrorism,
04:42not the other way around, and Afghanistan will not allow its territory to be used against any country.
04:48He said that, you know, we want friendly relation with India as well as with Pakistan,
04:53but there is a diplomatic rule to resolve any issue.
04:55So, on the contrary to that, Pakistan, if they want to use the other, you know, action or military action,
05:01then they should, then they are inviting for a trouble.
05:04So, these are the strong messages, strong words given by the Afghan foreign minister from India
05:09while he was addressing a presser today, you know, just a while ago.
05:13He had a good conversation with Indian foreign minister, Dr. S. Jai Shankar,
05:17in which both sides have decided to gradually improve the bilateral relationship,
05:21the diplomatic ties, to open up the scope and the space for business, for visas, for a greater cooperation.
05:30And as far as the security aspect is concerned, both India and Afghanistan decided and, you know,
05:35agreed to take forward their security cooperation in terms of the information sharing,
05:40in terms of the capacity building.
05:41Oh, yes, Prade, and this particular development being looked at in a lot of ways
05:48with regards to the big takeaways that you would like to highlight
05:53on how the Afghanistan-India ties, diplomatic ties are reshaping now towards a better future
06:01and, of course, it being a very pragmatic engagement and a strategic move for India.
06:07Let me show you an example here because I am right now standing in the Afghan embassy in New Delhi
06:16and the flag flying on this pole mast is the erstwhile Afghan flag,
06:22which was of the Afghan national government.
06:24And this flag is still the flag which is flying in the Afghan embassy in New Delhi.
06:29And the Afghan foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaki, who, you know, recognizes and who, you know,
06:36holds a different flag has come here.
06:38In fact, there was a flag issue as well that which flag will be placed during his presser
06:42and the local staff who resisted the placement of a Taliban flag.
06:49In fact, they removed the Afghan flag and the Taliban flag as well.
06:53So, therefore, at the very last moment, they placed a small flag on the table and that remains an issue.
06:58This is the diplomatic dilemma that how India and Afghanistan can take forward the ties.
07:03However, you know, having said that, this is also a fact that both sides have agreed to take forward the relationship
07:10to build a stronger partnership in terms of the developmental projects India has committed
07:16and Afghan government, Afghan foreign minister, welcomed India's decision to go for more developmental projects
07:23in Afghanistan to open up Afghan embassy.
07:25In fact, India has also agreed to let the Taliban government place their diplomats in Delhi
07:30and gradually improve the relationship.
07:32So, this remains the state of affair, the state of relationship between India and Afghanistan.
07:37However, this remains a bedrock.
07:40This remains an agreement or a consensus that gradually we should try and improve our relationship,
07:45which was recognized by Mr. Muttaki as well, that in the last four years,
07:49gradually both countries, both sides have decided to improve the relationship
07:53and there is a prospect of betterment of ties, there is a prospect of a better, you know,
07:58business-to-business contact, there is trade relationship in terms of the visa expansion
08:02and also in terms of better diplomatic ties between India and the Taliban regime of Afghanistan.
08:09Oh, yes, absolutely, Pranay.
08:10And not to miss the last line of the statement where Taliban in their typical style saying
08:15that if someone does not understand or know, then they should ask British, Soviets or Americans.
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