An ongoing power struggle for the position of ambassador at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi underlines India’s diplomatic quandary about the nature of its engagement with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
The Taliban-dominated Afghan government’s new pick to run the embassy, Mohammad Qadir Shah has claimed that his reputation was being tarnished by this ‘forced’ identification with the Taliban. Meanwhile, India's silence has spoken, feel some quarters.
When trade councillor Qadir Shah wrote to the Ministry of External Affairs about being appointed as the new charge d affaires last month, it created a lot of confusion but now the Afghan embassy confirmed no such change.