US envoy for Afghanistan meets with India’s NSA and Foreign Secretary

US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West met with India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

West, who is currently on a regional tour, travelled to Delhi after meetings in Islamabad and Moscow.

“Discussions focused on the current developments in Afghanistan,” sources told India’s media adding they also discussed the Regional Security Dialogue of NSAs in Delhi last week, as well as the safe passage of people in and out of Afghanistan.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson said in a tweet that Shringla and West “exchanged views on recent developments and issues of common interest in Afghanistan”.

West is understood to have discussed his meetings in Pakistan, including a joint meeting he held with Russian special envoy Zamir Kabulov and Chinese special envoy Yue Xiaoyong with Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa on Friday after a meeting of the “Extended Troika” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, The Hindu reported.