Screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar has strongly criticised the “reception” accorded to Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his ongoing visit to India, saying he “hangs his head in shame.”

Muttaqi is on a six-day visit to India — the first by a Taliban leader since the group seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.

“I hang my head in shame when I see the kind of respect and reception given to the representative of the world’s worst terrorist group, the Taliban, by those who preach against terrorism,” Akhtar wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday.

The veteran writer also condemned Darul Uloom Deoband, one of South Asia’s most influential Islamic seminaries, for extending what he called a “reverent welcome” to Muttaqi.

“Shame on Deoband too for giving such a reverent

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