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Taliban leaders in Japan for building bridges
The New Indian Express Shivamogga
|February 19, 2025
JAPANESE officials said senior Afghan Taliban officials were in Japan for talks, as part of Tokyo's efforts to help Afghanistan build a more inclusive political system and protect human rights.
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It's their first known diplomatic trip outside the Central Asia-Middle East region since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021.
The unidentified Taliban senior officials were invited by grant-making organisation Nippon Zaidan and were also set to talk with Japanese Foreign Ministry officials, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on Monday.
This story is from the February 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Shivamogga.
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