Inferring latent interaction structures from observational time series is a fundamental yet challenging problem in dynamical systems. Existing deep learning methods employ unidirectional information aggregation via incoming edges, failing to identify the mutual dependencies prevalent in real dynamics as well as the feedback effects induced by sampling intervals, which leads to inferential bias. To address this, we propose the D ual- A ttention R elational I nference (DARI), a framework designed to learn latent interaction structures from dynamical observations. DARI employs a coupled bidirectional attention mechanism to model forward and feedback dynamics, effectively decoupling information flow from the underlying interaction structure. Extensive synthetic experiments demonstrate competitive structural recovery performance across diverse graph topologies, including undirected, directed, and weighted graphs. Experiments on COVID-19 data further show that the inferred transmission structures are consistent with real-world population mobility patterns. In addition, the elimination of costly edge-wise computations in DARI leads to substantial gains in both runtime and memory efficiency. Code is available at https://anonymous.4open.science/r/DARI-778C .
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