India, March 11 -- India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, told the UN Security Council on Monday that the "special" people-to-people ties have been the "foundation" of India's present-day engagement with Afghanistan.

His remarks came as India engaged in bilateral talks with the Taliban regime, with Kabul appreciating Delhi's continued support to the Afghan people, even as India is yet to recognise the regime change that took place in 2021.

Harish informed the UN Security Council meeting on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that at the beginning of this year, foreign secretary Vikram Misri met the acting foreign minister of Afghanistan Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai.

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