India Hosts Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan Amid Deepening Security Crisis

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with the national security advisors of seven countries, in New Delhi on Nov. 10, 2021. India hosted the 8-national regional security dialogue on Afghanistan on Wednesday. Picture Courtesy Press Bureau of India

NEW DELHI—New Delhi hosted an eight-nation security dialogue on Nov. 10 to firm up regional cooperation against rising terrorism, radicalization, and drug trafficking in Afghanistan, as well as the need for humanitarian assistance, since the Taliban retook power.

The regional meeting, led by Indian national security adviser Ajit Doval, was attended by his counterparts from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Pakistan and China didn’t attend.