'India remains committed to peace, prosperity & stability in Afghanistan': S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation and discussed "bilateral cooperation" between two Asian countries and pertinent regional issues. Jaishankar expressed India's commitment and cooperation to peace, prosperity and stability in Afghanistan.

After meeting, Jaishankar took to Twitter stating that he welcomed Abdullah's insights and perspectives on recent development. Even Abdullah echoed similar sentiments in his tweet after meeting. 

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Abdullah met PM Modi on Thursday

This meeting comes just a day after Abdullah met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss over developments of  Afghan peace process. Abdullah who is on a five-day trip to India, said PM Modi has assured his continuous support for peace process. Prior to meeting PM Modi, Abdullah h also met National Security visor Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Singh Rawat and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla in his visit to India.

influential Afghan leer visited India for first time after formation of a new government in Afghanistan. Abdullah's visit to India comes in midst of peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban in Doha. He arrived in Delhi on October 6. His trip to India comes at a time when Afghanistan government and Taliban are putting efforts to negotiate a peace deal in a bid to return stability in war-ravd country.

Afghan Taliban peace talks comprise first-ever official talks between two warring sides i.e. Taliban and Afghanistan Government, which began in September in Gulf state of Qatar, to discuss peace in region. insurgent group Taliban h untill recently refused to sit for talks, accusing Afghanistan government of being 'weak and a puppet of United States'.

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