Veteran screenwriter-lyricist Javed Akhtar has made a bold reaction, slamming the "respect and reception" that has been given to Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his visit to New Delhi. The Sholay co-writer went on to say that he wants to "hang" his head in shame. For the unversed, Muttaqi is currently on a six-day visit to India, the first such trip to the country by a Taliban leader since the group seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.

On Monday, Akhtar took his thoughts to X and shared, "I hang my head in shame when I see the kind of respect and reception that has been given to the representative of the world's worst terrorists group Taliban by those who beat the pulpit against all kind of terrorists."

Read Javed Akhtar's tweet

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