Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi landed in the national capital on October 9, 2025. Photo: X/@MEAIndia
NeExternal Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will meet Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for a formal meeting on Friday (October 10, 2025), the first time New Delhi has officially hosted a leader of the Taliban regime that took power in Kabul in 2021.Mr. Muttaqi, who is on a week-long official visit to India, arrived in Delhi on Thursday (October 9) morning accompanied by a delegation of five Taliban officials to a “warm welcome” from the Modi government. The delegation will also travel to Deoband to visit the Dar ul Uloom seminary, the home of the ideological roots of the Taliban group, on Saturday (October 11). On Sunday (October 12), Mr. Muttaqi will travel to Agra to see the Taj Mahal, which sources said he had requested. Published - October 09, 2025 11:28 am IST
