{"id":43121,"date":"2025-05-16T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/?p=43121"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:44:02","slug":"taliban-rejects-pakistans-missile-strike-allegations-in-phone-call-with-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/political-news\/taliban-rejects-pakistans-missile-strike-allegations-in-phone-call-with-jaishankar\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban rejects Pakistan&#8217;s missile strike allegations in phone call with Jaishankar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: In a rare high-level engagement, acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaki strongly denied Pakistan\u2019s allegations that India launched missile strikes on Afghan soil.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks came during a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, which officials said marked the highest-level contact between New Delhi and Kabul since the Taliban took power in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the phone call on Thursday comes ahead of Mutaki\u2019s scheduled visit to Iran and China next week and assumes significant diplomatic weight.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, Jaishankar welcomed what he described as Mutaki\u2019s \u201cstrong rejection of recent attempts to create mistrust between India and Afghanistan through false and baseless reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments appeared to be in response to a Pakistani media report that accused India of hiring the Taliban to conduct a &#8216;false flag&#8217; operation in Pahalgam.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the Taliban side reiterated its condemnation of the Pahalgam attack and denied Pakistan&#8217;s claim that Indian missiles had targeted Afghan territory.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides also discussed enhancing bilateral trade, which currently stands at approximately USD 1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had dismissed Pakistan\u2019s accusations, calling them \u201ccompletely absurd\u201d and \u201cfalse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: In a rare high-level engagement, acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaki strongly denied Pakistan\u2019s allegations that India launched missile strikes on Afghan soil. 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