Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter /Bar-ul-huda Media) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed
Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will travel to India next week after the UN Security Council’s Taliban Sanctions Committee approved an exemption to the travel ban imposed on the Taliban leader. Muttaqi was listed by the UN Security Council on Jan. 25, 2001, and was subject to a travel ban, assets freeze and arms embargo.
The Security Council Committee, established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011), on Sept. 30, 2025, "approved an exemption to the travel ban for Amir Khan Muttaqi to visit New Delhi, India, from Oct. 9 to 16, 2025," according to information on the Sanctions Committee’s website.
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