Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is slated to travel to New Delhi next week, official sources said here on Thursday.

The visit is tentatively scheduled for October 9-10 and could mark the first high-level travel by a Taliban leader to India since 2021. As per the Afghan media, Muttaqi may first travel to Moscow on October 6 to attend the seventh round of the “Moscow Format” talks at the invitation of Russian officials. After that he will travel to India. While the official confirmation is awaited, the sources said India and Afghanistan were working to firm up the agenda and logistics for Muttaqi’s visit.

The visit will mark a milestone in the India-Taliban diplomacy at a time of shifting dynamics in South Asia.

Muttaqi has long been under a United Nations Security Council

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