India cautious despite Taliban outreach\, Eid ceasefire

NEW DELHI: India is cautious, notwithstanding the Taliban's outreach to New Delhi, even as it welcomed Sunday’s decision by the group and the Ghani government in Afghanistan to enter into a ceasefire on the occasion of Eid.

The Modi government is closely monitoring the unfolding political events in Kabul and attempts made by the Taliban to join the political mainstream. India hopes that leaders from the Tajik and Uzbek communities within Afghanistan were also accommodated in any coalition government, ET has learnt. It favours strengthening of democratic forces in Kabul and wants terror sanctuaries to be eliminated.