Rush Hour: India to reopen embassy in Kabul, Gaza ceasefire takes effect and more
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India has said it will reopen its embassy in Kabul, Eternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced during his meeting with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi. This marked the highest level of bilateral contact between India and the Taliban since 2021.
New Delhi had closed its embassy in Kabul after the insurgent group retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021. However, in June 2022, a technical team was deployed at the diplomatic mission to oversee humanitarian assistance programmes.
Despite not formally recognising the Taliban regime, India had permitted a Taliban consul general to be appointed in Mumbai. Read on.
A ceasefire in Gaza came into effect at noon local time on Friday, following a peace proposal by United States President Donald Trump. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed it had repositioned troops along “updated deployment lines” adding that it would continue to counter “any immediate threat”.
Earlier in the day, Israel’s Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement. The decision came about 24 hours after Trump announced that Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas had “both signed off” on the first phase of the...
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