India, Oct. 14 -- Lyricist, screenwriter and poet Javed Akhtar on Monday criticised the Taliban Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to India, and the "respect and reception" he received during his trip. Akhtar called the Taliban the "worst terrorist group" and expressed disappointment over the warm welcome its representative received in a country like India.

"I hang my head in shame when I see the kind of respect and reception 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," Akhtar wrote on X.

He also criticised the "reverent" welcome Muttaqi received when he visited the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic seminary in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur distri...