IIM Kozhikode to train Taliban Officials? Here's what you need to know

The course, titled "Immersing with Indian Thoughts, an India Immersion Program," is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 14 March.

Taliban officials will be trained through an online course by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Kozhikode/. According to the reports, the foreign ministry staff has received directions from the Taliban government in Afghanistan to attend a four-day training programme in “Immersing with Indian Thoughts”. The online course is offered by IIM Kozhikode as part of New Delhi’s capacity-building platform, the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC).

Office memorandum of the Afghan ministry goes viral

In an office memorandum, the foreign affairs ministry of the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan said the Indian embassy in Kabul had informed it of the programme. Those interested and fluent in English could enrol, the office memorandum added. There has been no official word from either New Delhi or Kabul but the office memorandum of the Afghan ministry in Dari has been circulating on social media since Sunday.

IIM Kozhikode to train Taliban officials? The Truth

The course, titled "Immersing with Indian Thoughts, an India Immersion Program," is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 14 March. It has been designed by the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), a branch of the MEA that deals with capacity-building projects in different countries.

While India has not yet recognised the Taliban since it came to power in 2021, it has reopened its embassy in the capital Kabul. The course on India will be conducted from 14-17 March, and is open to participants from all countries. Apart from Afghanistan, delegates from Malaysia and Thailand will also attend the course.

 

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