The issue of enhanced usage of the strategic port in Iran also came up during a recent visit to India by Iran’s new Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi.

According to the Pakistani analyst, India’s “courting of the Taliban regime appears to be working.” He pointed to a statement issued by the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs hours after the Dubai meeting, which spoke of Muttaqi’s “desire of strengthening political & economic relations with India as a key regional and economic player.”

Misri’s meeting with Muttaqi caps a series of engagements — some of them furtive — Indian officials have had with Taliban officials in recent years without resuming diplomatic relations with Afghanistan,

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Afghan Taliban's acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai. Both sides discussed bilateral issues and the security situation in the region.

This would mark a significant step in diplomatic engagement for the Islamist group.Stepping up its outreach with the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with the regime's acting foreign minister,