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National and strategical interests were astir important, Congress MP from Saharanpur Imran Masood said connected Sunday (October 12, 2025), portion hitting retired astatine the authorities for dividing nine wrong the country.
“Our narration with Afghanistan dates backmost centuries. Strategically also, a beardown Afghanistan is indispensable for us. Some people, for constrictive gains, politicised diplomatic issues, and would sermon Taliban for singling retired a peculiar community. Those who, till yesterday, talked astir ‘Talibani thinking’ wrong the country, ignoring diplomatic issues to further their governmental interests, are contiguous rolling retired the reddish carpet to invited them (the Taliban). They should person looked astatine the larger strategical nationalist interest, and indispensable refrain from scoring governmental points domestically by dividing society,” Mr. Masood said.
Mr. Masood’s remarks travel important diplomatic and taste outreach that led to a sojourn by the Afghan Taliban administration’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to the Darul Uloom Deoband successful Saharanpur connected Saturday (October 11), wherever Mr. Muttaqi met with salient Islamic scholars.
The Darul Uloom Deoband is simply a starring centre of Islamic learning successful South Asia.
“The Deoband is simply a large centre for the Islamic world, and Afghanistan and Deoband are connected. Hence, I americium going to conscionable the leaders there. We privation our spiritual students to travel and survey here, too,” Mr. Muttaqi had said connected Friday (October 10).
“I americium thankful to the Ulema of Deoband and the radical of the country for the lukewarm welcome. The aboriginal of India-Afghanistan relations seems precise bright,” helium said aft his visit.
