NEW DELHI—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has proposed a U.N.-led meeting with five other nations to support a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan, in a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
The nations would include India, China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan. Many of these nations are regional adversaries with competing stakes, and experts say that a positive outcome will be difficult to negotiate as, meanwhile, the security threat will only intensify. India will be included in the international Afghan peace process for the first time.
