India says Pakistan not attending NSA talks on Afghanistan

The Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, which will be hosted here by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on 10 November, will not be attended by Pakistan, a move India has called “unfortunate but not surprising”. This is the third round of this format of talks, aimed at discussing Afghanistan’s security situation. The previous two rounds were held in Iran in September 2018 and December 2019. The third meeting in India could not be held due to the Covid pandemic.
Meanwhile, the situation in Afghanistan changed completely as the Taliban gained control of Kabul on 15 August before the US and other international troops could withdraw from there. Invitations to attend the 10 November meeting were sent by the Narendra Modi government to Pakistan, China, Russia, Iran, and to all the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, in October.