India should initiate dialogue with Taliban: Farooq Abdullah

 NC chief Farooq Abdullah said that India has invested billions in Afghanistan so there is no harm in engaging with the new Taliban regime in the war-torn country.

New Delhi: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah batted for dialogue with the Taliban on Saturday (September 25). 

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that India has invested billions in Afghanistan so there is no harm in engaging with the new Taliban regime in the war-torn country.

Abdullah told ANI, "Taliban is in power in Afghanistan now. India spent billions on different projects during the last regime in Afghanistan. We should talk to the current Afghan regime. When we’ve invested so much in the country so what`s the harm in keeping relations with them?`”