Taliban FM Muttaqi Visits Darul Uloom Deoband, Vows Stronger Ties With India

Last Updated:October 11, 2025, 16:16 IST

Amir Khan Muttaqi visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, received a grand welcome, and expressed hopes for stronger India-Afghanistan ties and future diplomatic cooperation.

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi visited Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur on Saturday. (PTI)

Afghanistan’s Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday visited the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district and asserted that the India-Afghanistan ties will grow stronger in the future.

Muttaqi, who is on a six-day visit to India, reached Deoband from Delhi by road with his delegation. He received a warm welcome at the Islamic seminary by Mohtamim (vice-chancellor) of Darul Uloom Deoband Abul Qasim Nomani, president of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind Maulana Arshad Madani, and officials of Darul Uloom, amid a floral shower, news agency PTI reported.

While addressing reporters following his visit to the Islamic institute, Muttaqi expressed his gratitude for the grand reception at Darul Uloom.

Hundreds of students of the Islamic seminary and a large number of locals had gathered at the Deoband campus to shake hands with the visiting foreign dignitary, but were stopped by security personnel.

“I am thankful for such a grand welcome and the affection shown by the people here. I hope that India-Afghanistan ties advance further,” the Afghan foreign minister told reporters.

He also expressed “hopes for stronger ties in the future” between the two countries.

“We will be sending new diplomats, and I hope you people will visit Kabul as well. I have hopes for stronger ties in the future from the way I was received in Delhi. These visits may be frequent in the near future,” Muttaqi added as quoted by the news agency.

Muttaqi’s Visit To India

Muttaqi landed in New Delhi on Thursday on a six-day trip, his first visit to India since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

Kabul will soon send its diplomats to India as part of “step-by-step” efforts to improve bilateral relations, Muttaqi had said on Friday, even as he asserted the Taliban will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against other countries.

Muttaqi also pitched for India and Afghanistan joining hands to remove obstacles for the development of the Chabahar port in Iran in view of the Trump administration bringing it under sanctions.

The Afghan foreign minister’s visit to India assumed greater significance as it came at a time when both India and Afghanistan are having frosty relations with Pakistan over a range of issues, including cross-border terrorism.

(With inputs from agencies)

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