India on Friday confirmed that the UN Security Council (UNSC) Committee has granted an exemption for Afghan foreign minister and senior Taliban leader Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to New Delhi between October 9-16.

xNew Delhi: India on Friday confirmed that the UN Security Council (UNSC) Committee has granted an exemption for Afghan foreign minister and senior Taliban leader Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to New Delhi between October 9-16 . MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the exemption was in the “public domain” but declined to share visit details, adding the media would be updated. Muttaqi, under a UN travel ban since 2001, is expected to arrive in New Delhi on October 9 or 10. The visit is being seen as a major diplomatic development, as India has not formally recog

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