India, Oct. 11 -- Afghanistan's Taliban regime's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is in India for a week-long diplomatic visit, traveled to Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Saturday to visit Darul Uloom Deoband, one of South Asia's most influential Islamic seminaries.

The visit marks the first time a senior Taliban leader has stepped onto Indian soil since the group retook power in Afghanistan in 2021. However, his stop in Deoband is attracting more attention than even his scheduled visit to the Taj Mahal.

Darul Uloom Deoband is one of the most influential Islamic seminaries in South Asia. During his visit, the Taliban minister met senior clerics, scholars and administrators of the institution.

Deoband is not just any semi...