A senior Taliban official visited Dhaka weeks before Bangladesh’s 2026 polls, meeting Islamist leaders. Weeks before Bangladesh goes to general elections, a top Taliban official and senior personnel in Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have visited Bangladesh. In his maiden visit to Dhaka, MFA Director General Noor Ahmad Noor has met senior figures, including Khelafat-i-Majlish leader Mamun-ul-Haque. Dhaka does not want to accept that it was an official visit or the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government had anything to do with the visit. Encouraged by Muttaqi's visit, Noor's visit to Bangladesh is viewed as an outreach programme as well as an attempt to consolidate the Muslim umma.

Source: dna December 30, 2025 14:22 UTC