US EditionAfghan Taliban appoint first envoy to India since return to power
Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor leads the Afghan mission in New Delhi as the Taliban seek to regain diplomatic control and India aims to deepen ties despite no formal recognition.
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This is a first since the Taliban took power in Kabul in 2021: the Afghan government appointed a businessman in New Delhi, announced the Afghan Embassy in India on Monday, January 12. This announcement comes at a time when the Indian authorities do not officially recognize the Taliban government... but seek to exploit tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Afghan Taliban appoint first envoy to New Delhi
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has appointed its first senior official in India since the group returned to power in 2021, charged with leading their embassy in Delhi. India has not officially recognised the Taliban government, but the move signals a deepening engagement, with New Delhi seeking to exploit divisions between Islamabad and Kabul. Noor Ahmad Noor, a Taliban foreign ministry official, assumed responsibility as charge d’affaires, an…
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