India stated Thursday that it is closely monitoring the situation from the deadly Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, while taking a potshot at Islamabad for what it called an “old practice” of blaming its neighbours for internal failures.

External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence of Afghanistan.

He also announced that India’s “technical mission” in Kabul will transition into an embassy in the next few days.

The military conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan erupted last week following a Pakistani airstrike on Kabul. Afghanistan strongly responded to the attack following which the conflict escalated.

Both sides claimed inflicting heavy casualties on the other. The two countries ag

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