Images of India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar presenting 5 of 20 ambulances to the Afghan Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, are viral online, as are images of Pakistan bombing Afghanistan.
The contrast couldn't be more stark.
India is giving MRI machines, CT scan machines, vaccines and cancer medicines to help the people of Afghanistan. Pakistan has carried out air strikes across several provinces in Afghanistan.
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As Afghan Foreign Minister landed in New Delhi for his first meeting with India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, India announced upgrading the technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy. India has signalled a calibrated step towards normalising ties with the Taliban regime.
"Closer cooperation between us contributes to your national development, as well as regional stability and resilience. To enhance that, I am pleased to announce today the upgrading of India’s Technical Mission in Kabul to the status of Embassy of India," Dr Jaishankar said.
In stark contrast, Pakistan has always used and abused the people of Afghanistan. Pakistan's Defence Minister, after decades of raking in foreign aid in the name of supporting Afghan refugees, said enoug
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