Following the fall of the democratically elected government and the subsequent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, India organized a regional meeting on Wednesday to examine the situation in the neighboring country. Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA), is chairing the summit.
The Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan is being attended by security czars of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The NSAs of Russia, Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have been formally invited to the summit by India. China and Pakistan, on the other hand, have already stated that they will not be attending the summit.
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council; Kazakhstan’s Karim Massimov, chairman of the national security committee; Marat Mukanovich Imankulov, secretary of the Kyrgyz Republic’s security council; Nikolai P Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Federation’s security council; Nasrullo Rahmatjon Mahmudzoda, secretary of Tajikistan’s security council; and Charymyrat Kakalyyevv Victor Makhmudov, Uzbekistan’s security council secretary, is also present. No delegation from Afghanistan was invited.
