The Kabul Tribune (KT) — Naqibullah Ahmadi, the Taliban's ambassador to Malaysia, met with Awang Abdul Aziz, the Grand Mufti of Brunei Darussalam, to discuss religious, cultural, and bilateral cooperation, according to the Taliban embassy in Malaysia.
In a statement, the embassy said the two sides exchanged information on the religious and social situations in Afghanistan and Brunei Darussalam, as well as relations between the two countries.
According to the statement, the discussions focused on the role of religious scholars, joint academic and cultural activities, and ways to expand future cooperation and bilateral ties between Afghanistan and Brunei Darussalam.
The meeting comes as the Taliban have increasingly focused their diplomatic engagement with regional and international countries on political, economic, and cultural cooperation in recent years.