During the upcoming trip of Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan to India, the recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is on top of the agenda.
“Afghanistan has been hoping that India would recognize their government and this is a top priority on their agenda,” according to sources.
Amir Khan Muttaqi will become the first senior Taliban leader to visit India since they returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of the US military.
It may be recalled that the United Nations Security Council had approved travel ban exemptions for Muttaqi, to visit India from October 9th to 16th.
Discussions during Muttaqi’s trip would centre around bilateral cooperation, trade exchanges, exports of dry fruit, facilities in the health sector, consular services and various ports, said Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesperson of the Afghan Taliban’s foreign ministry.
Before coming to India, Muttaqi would be traveling to Russia for the Moscow summit on Oct 7, which includes representatives from China, India, Iran and Central Asian nations.
India was highly significant for the Taliban government.
Afghanistan is in dire need of establishing relations with regional countries, especially its neighbours. It needs to build political, economic, and trade ties and to gain recognition,
Earlier, in an Exclusive Interview with Business India, Afghanistan minister of trade and commerce Nooruddin Azizi had said that they wanted India to be amongst the first countries to recognise them.
Until now Russia has so far recognised the Taliban government. India closed its embassy in Kabul in 2021, but a year later opened a technical mission to coordinate humanitarian assistance. Visa services too have resumed