Backing Afghanistan in its conflict with Pakistan, India had last week said Islamabad is "infuriated" that Afghanistan is exercising its sovereignty over its own territory.

xNew Delhi: India on Tuesday evening announced the upgradation of its three-year-old “technical mission” in the Afghan capital Kabul to a full-fledged embassy with “immediate effect”. The intent had initially been announced after talks between external affairs minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar and his Afghan counterpart and senior Taliban regime leader Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi here 11 days ago.

It may be be noted that while India appears to be steadily inching towards full diplomatic recognition of the Taliban regime in Kabul, New Delhi has not yet permitted the Taliban regime to hoist its flag on the Afghan Embassy in N

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