China, US, Russia To Take Part In Troika Summit Hosted By Pakistan, To Discuss Afghanistan Situation

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>New Delhi: </strong>Senior diplomats from the US, China, Russia, Pakistan, and representative of the Taliban Afghan government are set to meet in Islamabad to discuss the situation in Afghanistan on Thursday. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 'Troika Summit' in Islamabad will be chaired by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and its National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf, reports news agency ANI.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The senior diplomats of the four countries will be meeting with Afghanistan&rsquo;s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, reported Dawn.&nbsp;</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today a senior delegation of IEA will reach Islamabad &amp; meet with Pakistani officials as well as participants of Troika Plus meeting. After Kabul, Moscow Format and other meetings, follow up discussions will be held about political, humanitarian and economic issues. <a href="https://t.co/40FkB1qvyW">pic.twitter.com/40FkB1qvyW</a></p> &mdash; Abdul Qahar Balkhi (@QaharBalkhi) <a href="https://twitter.com/QaharBalkhi/status/1458345130327486469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan is underway in New Delhi between India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his counterparts from Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">China and Pakistan were also invited to the Regional Security Dialogue but they refrained from participating citing various reasons.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This will be the first visit by an Afghan leader to Pakistan after the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban in August 2021. The meeting comes at a point when the Taliban is seeking international recognition.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The last such meeting was held in Moscow on October 19, in which the US had not participated citing &ldquo;logistics&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&ldquo;Troika Plus has become an important forum for engagement with Afghan authorities. It will express support for an inclusive government, discuss ways to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as well as the protection of human rights, particularly women's rights,&rdquo; a Pakistan official, told Dawn.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>