In a rare and unprecedented development, Tajikistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Saadi Sharifi, visited Afghanistan’s Kunar province and held a meeting with the Taliban-appointed provincial governor, Kudratullah Abu Hamza.  The visit marks the first publicly acknowledged contact between a Tajik official and a Taliban representative since the group retook power in Afghanistan in 2021.

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