INDIA’S DIPLOMATIC PUSH PAYS OFF, WORLD REFUSES TO RECOGNISE TALIBAN

In a big diplomatic achievement for India, major countries, including the US, the UK, France and Russia, have refused to recognise the Taliban regime for now, saying that the radical group needs to first live up to international expectations on issues of human rights and terrorism. Top diplomatic sources told The Sunday Guardian that the powerful nations of P-5, through diplomatic channels have told the Taliban leadership that the ruling group in Kabul has, so far, failed to satisfy them on various counts.

A senior diplomat privy to