Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has arrived in India for a week of talks - a visit which had been previously unimaginable. It is the Taliban's highest-level visit to the country since seizing power in 2021, and Muttaqi is due to discuss diplomatic, trade and economic ties with India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and other officials during an eight-day stay. The visit is being seen as a ramping up of India's Afghan policy. Arch-rival Pakistan, which historically had close