India is "very close" to Moscow and Washington in what is happening in Afghanistan, say official sources, and two intelligence agents in Delhi this week.
A Hindu found that an American team of intelligence and security officials, led by Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns, had visited the region including India and Pakistan, and held consultations with National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday to discuss a number of issues. of people in Afghanistan and in the formation of the Taliban government.
On Wednesday, Russia's Security Council Secretary General Nikolay Patrushev will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NSA Doval and Foreign Minister Sa Jaishankar, the MEA said.
Both the MEA and the US Embassy have refused to confirm or deny Mr. Burns, when asked for an answer by The Hindu.
Various meetings with US and Russian officials in the South Block came as the Taliban announced a caretaker or interim government led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund, and Abdul Ghani Baradar as deputy prime minister. They are also important given the upcoming congresses Prime Minister Modi will attend to form the SCO and Quad, in which Russia and the US play a leading role respectively, and both are expected to focus on the next lesson in Afghanistan.
While Mr. Modi, who will attend the SCO conference on September 16 in a videoconference, is expected to arrive in person in the United States for the Quad summit on September 24. On Thursday, he will also hold a BRICS summit, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where Mr Doval will present security issues.
The visit of General Patrushev, Russia's top security official who has been Secretary of the Security Council since 2008, and who previously led the Russian intelligence agency FSB, follows a telephone conversation between Prime Minister Modi and President Putin on August 24 to discuss developments in Afghanistan a few days later. to manage Kabul.
"Both leaders had expressed the view that it was important for the two allies to co-operate and instructed their officials to keep in touch with Afghanistan," the MEA said in a statement. A media source said General Patrushev's meetings would give India and Russia an opportunity to "exchange interests" in the changing climate in Afghanistan.
Between divisions
Tourism is also important as it comes at a time of increasing divisions between US and Russian positions in Afghanistan despite more than two years of connection to the "Troika-plus" machine involving China and Pakistan. Last week, Russia accused Western-led Western powers of rushing to the UN Security Council's 2593 resolution ruling in India, and of their concerns about Islamic State (IS based in Iraq and Syria) and Eastern Turkistan Islamic I "Movement" (ETIM), in which Russia and China say they are a threat to Central Asian security, is cracking down on Afghanistan's warehouses, which Russia says will create a humanitarian crisis, and criticize major efforts to oust qualified Afghan people, who it says will lead to "brain drain". in the world.
Russia is also one of six countries holding its ambassadors in Kabul, indicating that they are open to official cooperation with the Taliban government, while the U.S. and its allies have moved their envoys to Doha.
India is vigilant
Taking advantage of the move, the US has evacuated more than 1,20,000 people, mainly Afghans, and is still trying to help more people to travel, and it needs safe holdings abroad while processing their papers to the US According to sources, Mr Burns discussed the opportunities which brings some of the suspects to India, although it is unclear whether New Delhi would accept the proposal.
India has been in the process of evacuating so far, deporting 565 people, including 112 Afghan civilians on special military aircraft, and not issuing more than a dozen of special Afghan visas applications to date.
Mr. Burns, a former diplomat who visited India earlier as a key negotiator of the nuclear deal, is one of the U.S. military and security officials. Visited New Delhi a few months ago. He was visiting Kabul on August 23 and met with Taliban deputy leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, according to an undisputed Washington Post report.
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