Wednesday's meeting, to be chaired by NSA Ajit Doval, will be attended by security heads of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan.
This will be the first visit by the interim Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Pakistan since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on 15 August.
Pakistan wants Taliban regime to be represented at the talks, with its NSA Moeed Yusuf saying Tuesday that this is for the sake of ordinary Afghan citizens.
Foreign delegations calling on the Taliban to discuss international aid should insist on women members. But first, women should comprise at least half of every foreign delegation to Kabul.
Both sides have called for concerted action against all terror groups, including those proscribed by UNSC such as al-Qaida, ISIS/Daesh, LeT, and JeM, India-US joint statement said.
Human Rights Watch says the Taliban forced hundreds of Hazara families to leave their homes and farms from the southern Helmand province & northern Balkh province in October.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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