India Warily Welcomes the Taliban

A diplomatic visit highlights the cautious engagement between New Delhi and Kabul.

Muttaqi is framed by an open doorway as he steps through it. He wears a long white tunic and a black turban. Another man, dressed in a collared short sleeve shirt in slacks, waits for him on the other side. October 23, 2025, 10:09 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

When Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, met with his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, in New Delhi on Oct. 10, the fragile scaffolding of India’s engagement with the Taliban was on full view. All official communications from the Indian side referred to Muttaqi as simply the “Afghan foreign minister.” At the meeting, neither the t

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