Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister is set to visit India this month after the UN Security Council Committee temporarily lifted his travel restrictions, the Afghan foreign ministry confirmed to AFP on Saturday. Amir Khan Muttaqi will be the first senior Taliban leader to travel to India since the group regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, following the withdrawal of United States forces. The foreign ministry told AFP the minister would go to India "after the Moscow summit" on October 7, which includes representatives from China, India, Iran and Central Asian nations. The UN Security Council Committee has granted an exemption to the travel ban on Muttaqi, who is under UN sanctions, to allow him to visit New Delhi between October 9 and 16. The announcement of the India visit comes just days after the Taliban authorities shut down Afghanistan's internet and mobile networks.