Visiting the Deoband Darul Uloom during his recent India tour, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, described the institution as “Madar e Ilmi”, or alma mater, which in a way provided a glimpse of Mr. Muttaqi’s evolution as a fighter and a diplomat.
Born in 1970 in a Pashtun family in Zarghun village of Helmand province, Amir Khan Muttaqi’s life has been intertwined with the history of his conflict-torn country. His family had migrated to Helmand from Paktia. The Afghanistan that he was born into was to change radically even as he started his early education in his village.
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