Taliban send diplomat to India as ties with Pakistan sour
Noor arrived in India this week and is expected to begin work as chargé d’affaires at Afghanistan’s embassy.
Noor arrived in India this week and is expected to begin work as chargé d’affaires at Afghanistan’s embassy.
Abdul Latif Mansour, who has served as Taliban minister for energy and water since September 2021, was appointed as minister.
The ministry said the invitation was extended during a telephone call between the two ministers, which Muttaqi described as “useful”.
Asif said his earlier optimism about the Taliban after they returned to power in Kabul in 2021 had proven misplaced.
Aliabadi said Pezeshkian had ordered political authorities a day earlier to step up efforts on the issue.
Jaishankar also described as positive a recent visit to New Delhi by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi,
Pakistan has repeatedly rejected such accusations and says militant groups, including TTP, operate from Afghanistan’s territory.
The statement said Ahmad Shah Din Dost, commander of the Taliban’s Al-Badr army corps, was appointed governor of Sar-e-Pul province.
Moscow recognised the Taliban administration in July, a move that Taliban officials hailed as a breakthrough.
Mujahid said 2.8 million people returned to Afghanistan over the past year, without specifying from which countries.