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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi landed successful the nationalist superior connected Thursday (October 9, 2025), successful the archetypal high-level travel from Kabul aft the Taliban seized powerfulness pursuing the illness of the Ashraf Ghani authorities implicit 4 years back.
Mr. Muttaqi volition clasp extended talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during his six-day travel to India, radical acquainted with the substance said.
"Warm invited to Afghan Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi connected his accomplishment successful New Delhi," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected societal media.
"We look guardant to engaging discussions with him connected bilateral relations and determination issues," helium said.
Mr. Muttaqi's engagements see a sojourn to the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary and the Taj Mahal, the radical cited supra said.
The Afghan Foreign Minister was scheduled to sojourn New Delhi past period but it was called disconnected successful presumption of a question prohibition that helium faced nether UN Security Council (UNSC)sanctions.
The UNSC committee connected September 30 has approved a impermanent exemption to the question prohibition allowing Mr. Muttaqi to sojourn New Delhi from October 9 to 16, according to a connection by the UN.
The exemption paved the mode for the Afghan Foreign Minister to sojourn India.
The UN Security Council had slapped sanctions against each the starring Taliban leaders and they request to unafraid a waiver for overseas travels.
Mr. Muttaqi's sojourn to India is expected to adhd a caller magnitude to India's relations with the Taliban acceptable up successful Kabul.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had held a telephone speech with Muttaqi connected May 15.
It was the highest level of interaction betwixt New Delhi and Kabul since the Taliban came to power.
India has not yet recognised the Taliban acceptable up and has been pitching for the enactment of a genuinely inclusive authorities successful Kabul.
New Delhi has besides been insisting that Afghan ungraded indispensable not beryllium utilized for immoderate violent activities against immoderate country.
In January, the Taliban authorities described India arsenic an "important" determination and economical powerfulness pursuing talks betwixt Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Mr. Muttaqi.
