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BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that it will attend a meeting on Afghanistan convened by its all-weather ally Pakistan, after skipping a security dialogue hosted by India on the situation in the war-torn country, citing “scheduling reasons”. Pakistan will host senior diplomats from the US, China and Russia in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The Troika Plus meeting will be attended by special representatives from all four countries. Asked whether China would attend the meeting in Islamabad, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media in the Chinese capital that “China supports Pakistan in hosting...
