India, May 15 -- India on Thursday welcomed the Afghan Taliban regime's rejection of attempts to "create distrust" between the two countries during external affairs minister S Jaishankar's first interaction with Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

The phone conversation between Jaishankar and Muttaqi built on a meeting between the Taliban foreign minister and foreign secretary Vikram Misri in Dubai in January and came against the backdrop of tensions between India and Pakistan. This was also the highest level of contact between the Indian government and the Taliban since they took over Afghanistan in August 2021.

"Good conversation with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi this evening. Deeply apprecia...