For the first time since the Taliban took power in Kabul in 2021, Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is in India for a week-long visit. His arrival comes right after New Delhi backed Afghanistan’s stand on rejecting any US return to Bagram Airbase. Muttaqi is expected to meet EAM S. Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval, with trade and security topping the agenda. But a diplomatic puzzle looms — will India display the Taliban flag during the visit? New Delhi doesn’t officially recognise the Taliban government, complicating protocol. Despite this, India continues humanitarian aid and projects like TAPI, balancing pragmatism with principle in its Afghanistan policy.

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