US Afghan diplomat meets Ajit Doval in Delhi

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 16

Newly appointed US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West visited New Delhi on Tuesday. West called on NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla.

The discussions focussed on the current developments in Afghanistan. The topics included the recently held Regional Security Dialogue of NSAs on Afghanistan hosted by Doval and the movement of people in and out of Afghanistan.

They also discussed coordination of global efforts on humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, regional security issues and other bilateral and international issues of mutual interest, sources said.

West arrived from Moscow where he met Zamir Kabulov, Russian envoy for Afghanistan. He also met Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov. Among the subjects discussed were Taliban’s commitments to the international community.

Earlier, the US and Russian envoys had met at the Troika Plus meeting in Islamabad which took place a day after the Regional Security Dialogue of NSAs that was held here on November 10.

The participating countries vowed to work towards ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for global terrorism and called for the formation of an “open and truly inclusive” government in Kabul with representation from all sections of Afghan society.