Afghan Taliban officials have visited Bangladesh and met Islamist leaders who are seeking to increase their political influence ahead of elections due in February, Islamist officials in Dhaka said Monday.Abu Sayem Khaled, president of the Bangladesh-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce, told AFP that the visit by Noor Ahmad Noor, director general at Kabul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also sought to expand trade ties.Mamunul Haque, leader of the Islamist Khelafat-e-Majlish party, told AFP that Noor had also visited his madrassa during a week-long visit to Bangladesh.