India, Jan. 11 -- Senior Taliban member Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor arrived in New Delhi to take over as Charge d'Affaires at Afghanistan's Embassy, officials said on Saturday. Noor Ahmad Noor has previously served as the Director General of the First Political Department at Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

India and Afghanistan have witnessed a steady rise in their bilateral relations in the past few months, especially after the seven-day visit of the Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in October. During this visit, Muttaqi had firmly asserted control over the Embassy here in New Delhi, indicating the Islamic Emirate's flag flying in front and behind him."This is our flag. We fought jihad under this. This is 100 per cent our embassy...