Context: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and United States special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad spoke over phone and discussed the latest developments pertaining to the Afghan peace talks.

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• Jaishankar and Mr. Khalilzad had held talks during the latter’s visit on the historic peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government and related issues in November last year.
• India has been keenly following the evolving political situation after the U.S. signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February last year.
• The deal provided for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, effectively drawing curtains on Washington’s 18-year war with Taliban.
• India has been a major stakeholder in Afghanistan and it has extended $3-billion developmental assistance in the last few years to the country.

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