New Delhi: Kabul will soon send its diplomats to India as part of “step-by-step” efforts to improve bilateral relations, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Friday even as he asserted the Taliban will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against other countries. Muttaqi, who landed in New Delhi on Thursday on a six-day trip, is the first senior Taliban minister to visit India after the group seized power four years back. India has not yet recognised the Taliban set up. In an interaction with a small group of journalists, after holding wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the Afghan foreign minister invited Indian businesses to invest in his country’s mining, minerals and energy sectors. Muttaqi also pitched for India and Afghanistan joining hands to
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