US EditionAfghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Meeting with Indian Counterpart for First Time Since Takeover
The United Nations Security Council granted a temporary travel exemption enabling the Taliban foreign minister's visit as India aims to counter regional rivals and enhance strategic ties.
- On Thursday, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghan Taliban foreign minister, arrived in New Delhi after the United Nations Security Council granted a temporary travel exemption, marking the first top Taliban visit since 2021.
- Following earlier backchannel diplomacy, New Delhi upgraded contacts with Kabul this year to protect investments and limit Chinese and Pakistani influence after Muttaqi’s Russia meeting Tuesday.
- Muttaqi will meet External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday and visit seminaries in Agra and Deoband; India has sent 50,000 MTs of wheat, 300 tonnes of medicines, and 100 million polio doses.
- Pakistan is expected to closely monitor the visit given its ties with the Taliban, while Randhir Jaiswal, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman, offered a `warm welcome` and said `We look forward to engaging discussions with him on bilateral relations and regional issues,`.
- Analysts caution that formal recognition remains distant as the Taliban stays isolated over restrictions on women, despite Russia, China, and the United Arab Emirates accepting Taliban envoys.
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Afghanistan's Taliban foreign minister meeting with Indian counterpart
The foreign minister of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is meeting with his Indian counterpart in a first high-level diplomatic engagement with New Delhi since the group seized power in 2021 after two decades of U.S. military presence
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