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Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) voiced assurance that the India-Afghanistan ties volition turn stronger successful aboriginal arsenic helium thanked the radical for the invited helium received during his sojourn to Darul Uloom Deoband successful Saharanpur, 1 of the astir influential Islamic seminaries successful South Asia.
"We volition beryllium sending caller diplomats, and I anticipation you radical volition sojourn Kabul arsenic well. I person hopes for stronger ties successful the aboriginal from the mode I was received successful Delhi. These visits whitethorn beryllium predominant successful the adjacent future," Mr. Muttaqi said here.
The Afghan leader, who reached Deoband from Delhi by roadworthy with his delegation, was welcomed by Mohtamim (vice-chancellor) of Darul Uloom Deoband Abul Qasim Nomani, president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani and officials of Darul Uloom, amid a floral shower.
Hundreds of students of the Islamic seminary and a ample fig of locals who had gathered astatine the Deoband field jostled to shingle hands with the visiting overseas dignitary, but were stopped by information personnel.
"I americium thankful for specified a expansive invited and the affection shown by the radical here. I anticipation that India-Afghanistan ties beforehand further," the Afghan Foreign Minister told reporters.
Prior to his arrival, quality and security agencies made extended arrangements astatine Deoband. Officials from the Afghan embassy successful Delhi arrived successful Saharanpur connected Friday (October 10, 2025) for the high-level sojourn and met officials astatine Darul Uloom to reappraisal each arrangements.
Mr. Muttaqi, who landed successful New Delhi connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) connected a six-day trip, is the archetypal elder Taliban Minister to sojourn India aft the radical seized powerfulness 4 years back. India has not yet recognised the Taliban acceptable up.
Kabul volition soon nonstop its diplomats to India arsenic portion of "step-by-step" efforts to amended bilateral relations, Mr. Muttaqi had said connected Friday (October 10, 2025), adjacent arsenic helium asserted the Taliban volition not let anyone to usage Afghan ungraded against different countries.
Mr. Muttaqi besides pitched for India and Afghanistan joining hands to region obstacles for the improvement of the Chabahar larboard successful Iran successful presumption of the Trump medication bringing it nether sanctions.
The Afghan Foreign Minister's sojourn to India assumed greater value arsenic it came astatine a clip erstwhile some India and Afghanistan are having frosty relations with Pakistan implicit a scope of issues, including cross-border terrorism.
