Indian NSA meets top Afghan envoy, seek role in Afghanistan endgame

Indian NSA meets top Afghan envoy, seek role in Afghanistan endgame

NEW DELHI - Indian NSA Ajit Doval meets top Afghan envoy and seek role in Afghanistan endgame.

President Ghani’s Special Envoy Umer Daudzai held talks with Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor, in New Delhi on Thursday and discussed the regional countries’ role in the Afghan peace process, the High Peace Council said in a statement on Friday.

In this meeting, Daudzai stressed the need for regional countries, especially India’s role, in the Afghan peace process and said the process will be led by the government of Afghanistan.

The Indian national security advisor, meanwhile, said the conflict in Afghanistan should be solved through direct talks, led and owned by the Afghan government.

Daudzai recently visited Germany where he met with the German envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as other officials to discuss the Afghan peace.