NSA meet on Afghanistan: Pakistan to give it a miss; Terrorism, drug trafficking and inclusive govt on the agenda

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India’s hosting of Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan on November 10, 2021 is a renewed effort to stay relevant in its efforts to be counted amongst the countries that have a stake in Afghanistan’s future, opine experts. In the several ongoing regional dialogue forums on Afghanistan, India was not included as an equal partner. In the ‘troika-plus’ format which included Russia-China-US and Pakistan, India was not invited in the beginning. Similarly, India was not a part of Iran’s initiative of Foreign Ministers’ Meet on Afghanistan. Other meetings organised by Pakistan and China also excluded India. India was sidelined at the...