Afghan media reports say the Taliban-led Afghan government's foreign office has claimed the Taliban delegation traveled to Afghanistan Consulate General in the city of Khorog, the capital of Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

Thus, Kabul Now says the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed its delegation visited the General-Consulate of Afghanistan in Khorog on March 25 to assess the consular services and it’s building damaged by recent avalanches.  The delegation was reportedly surveying repairs to the consulate building 

After the visit, the delegation reportedly shared their assessment with the group’s foreign ministry for reconstruction of the Consulate’s building. 

No Tajik official sources have confirmed any such visit on March 25.

Relations between the Taliban leadership in Kabul and official Dushanbe are strained as Tajik authorities have been outspoken in their demand that the unrecognized Afghan government boost inclusiveness since it took over after the withdrawal of U.S.-led international troops in August 2021.

Kabul Now says Tajikistan is the only neighboring country of Afghanistan that has not accepted Taliban diplomats and has not established diplomatic relations with the group.