Old rivalries between India and Pakistan are driving a shift in regional ties, with New Delhi courting Afghanistan's Taliban while Islamabad befriends the new leaders of post-revolutionary Bangladesh.
NEW DELHI — Old rivalries between India and Pakistan are driving a shift in regional ties, with New Delhi courting Afghanistan's Taliban while Islamabad befriends the new leaders of post-revolutionary Bangladesh .Diplomatic dynamics in South Asia are rooted in long-running distrust between the region's two most populous nations.
'Muttaqi had, in turn, 'expressed his hope for the expansion of relations,' a spokesman for his ministry said.Jaiswal said it was agreed at the meeting to 'promote the use' of India's $370 million development of Iran's Chabahar container port 'for supporting trade and commercial activities' to landlocked Afghanistan.
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