Mumbai: Afghan Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit India next week after the UNSC granted him a waiver from international travel restrictions. This will be the first trip to New Delhi by a senior Taliban leader since the group seized Kabul in August 2021.

UNSC Allows Muttaqi’s India Visit

Officials confirmed that the UNSC’s 1988 sanctions committee approved an exemption on September 30, permitting Muttaqi to travel to India between October 9 and 16. He is expected to meet external affairs minister S Jaishankar on October 10. Muttaqi was earlier unable to visit in September when the waiver was blocked, reportedly due to objections from the US and Pakistan.

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to visit India. He is expected to be in New Delhi on October 9. T

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