India & Taliban-led Afghan govt hold talks in Kabul amid rising regional tensions post-Pahalgam

Tensions have spiraled between New Delhi and Islamabad after the 22 April Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 tourists and one local were killed. India has blamed Pakistan for the attack and announced a raft of punitive diplomatic measures including putting the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and cancellation of visas. Pakistan has responded with tit for tat measures, announcing, among other things, that it may put the Simla Agreement on hold. Anand Prakash, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs' Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran (PAI) Division, held talks Sunday in Kabul with Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir…