Closely monitoring situation: India on Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes
'India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan'
A Taliban fighter stands next to vehicles destroyed during an airstrike, following a temporary ceasefire, amid the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on Thursday. Reuters
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India on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the situation arising out of the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan.
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"Three things are clear — one, that Pakistan hosts terrorist organisations and sponsors terrorist activities, two, it is an old practice of Pakistan to blame its neighbours for its own internal failures," he said. "And, three, Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own territories," he said.
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