Pakistan confirms Indian invite to meeting on Afghanistan, but not participation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s overseas workplace has mentioned Islamabad had acquired an invite from India to attend a nationwide safety advisers’ assembly on Afghanistan in New Delhi subsequent month however had not but taken a choice on whether or not it will take part.

India’s invite to Pakistani Nationwide Safety Adviser Dr. Moeed Yusuf comes at a time of excessive tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors and longtime foes.

If the talks go forward, it will be the primary assembly on Afghanistan to be convened by India for the reason that Taliban captured energy in August. Pakistan, China, Iran, Russia, and Tajikistan have reportedly additionally been requested to attend the discussions deliberate for Nov. 10 to 11.

On Monday, Pakistani overseas workplace spokesperson, Asim Iftikhar, mentioned: “There’s the invitation. There is no such thing as a resolution but.”

Pakistan and India have a longstanding dispute over the Himalayan area of Kashmir, which they each rule partially however declare in full. They’ve fought two wars over the area.

India was a key supporter of the ousted regime in Kabul and as each Pakistan and China develop into key gamers in a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, its nervousness has elevated, analysts say.

India has bitter recollections of the earlier Taliban stint in energy from 1996 to 2001 and the group’s hyperlinks to Pakistan.

An Indian Airways airplane was hijacked in 1999 and finally landed in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. New Delhi freed three senior Pakistani militants in its jails in trade for the return of the passengers and the Taliban allowed the hijackers and the launched prisoners to go to Pakistan.

However over the previous 12 months, because the Taliban emerged as a dominant pressure in Afghanistan and US-brokered negotiations started in Doha, Indian diplomats had opened a line with the group.

However Pakistan has lengthy insisted India has no position in Afghanistan, with which it doesn’t share a border, and has constantly accused India of utilizing Afghan soil to mastermind militant assaults inside Pakistan — an accusation New Delhi has denied.