India, Oct. 9 -- New Delhi

Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will pack in trips to the Darul Uloom Deoband seminary and the Taj Mahal during his six-day visit to India, which will see him holding talks with external affairs minister S Jaishankar and other senior leaders.

Muttaqi, the first senior Taliban functionary to travel to India, is set to arrive in New Delhi on Thursday from Russia, where he represented the group at the Moscow Format meeting, people familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity.

The visit marks a significant step forward in New Delhi's efforts to forge a working relationship with the Taliban, which seized power after the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government in August 2021, though India, lik...