India, Oct. 10 -- India will reopen its embassy in Kabul, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said during a bilateral meeting with Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

India had closed its embassy as well as consulates in Afghanistan in August 2021, after the Taliban took control of the government in the country. Following this, India re-established its diplomatic presence in the country in 2022 by sending a technical team to Afghanistan.

Jaishankar said that India will now upgrade its technical mission in the Afghan capital of Kabul to an embassy.

The EAM's meeting with Muttaqi in New Delhi is the first high-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries since the Taliban took power in 2021 after the withdrawal of...