Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf said that it was “shameless” of India to engage the Afghan Taliban in Qatar after supporting military operations against them for a long time. Earlier this month Indian publication The Hindu quoted a senior Qatar official as confirming that Indian officials made a “quiet visit” to meet the Taliban political leadership based there.
Yusuf, when asked about how Pakistan viewed the India-Taliban meeting, said: “I want to ask that with what moral standing did these Indian high-level officials meet the Taliban there? Did they not feel ashamed?”
He further said, “The Indians kept having the Taliban killed daily and kept giving funds for operations against them, and today they have reached there to have talks.”
Yusuf said, “India contacted us and said they wanted to fix the relationship, and we told them we desired the restoration of the pre-August 2019 status of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, our policy is based on the ease of life for Kashmiris.”