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.”

India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Taliban's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai. They discussed expanding relations and enhancing trade through Iran's Chabahar Port. While no government officially recognizes the Taliban,

The meeting between Vikram Misri and Amir Khan Muttaqi is the highest level of talks between New Delhi and Kabul after Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021

The Taliban's foreign office said they saw India as a "significant regional and economic partner" after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

India is considering participation in future development projects in Afghanistan, as stated by India's Foreign Ministry. This decision came after a meeting between Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai,