Why Taliban minister's visit to India is so groundbreaking
5 hours ago Share Save Dawood Azami BBC World Service and Cherylann Mollan Mumbai Share Save
Randhir Jaiswal/MEA Twitter Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Thursday for a week-long trip
Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has arrived in India for a week of talks - a visit which had been previously unimaginable. It is the Taliban's highest-level visit to the country since seizing power in 2021, and Muttaqi is due to discuss diplomatic, trade and economic ties with India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and other officials during an eight-day stay. The visit is being seen as a ramping up of India's Afghan policy.
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