A Taliban delegation was received in the Russian city of Kazan for diplomatic talks with special envoys from other countries including Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Turkey as well as the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to discuss regional security issues and for Taliban to create a more "inclusive" government.
At Moscow Format, India representatives discuss equal rights for all Afghans; Taliban Foreign Minister calls for economic support, political recognition. Participants urge US to unblock Afghan assets, reject return of US/NATO forces. India grapples with Afghan Embassy closure in Delhi.
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Afghanistan's Taliban representatives are in the Russian city of Kazan for talks on regional threats as Russia attempts to maintain its influence in Central Asia.
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India was represented at Fridays meeting by its Moscow-based envoy Pawan Kapoor. ET was the first to report that India will participate in the Moscow format meet in Kazan on September 29.
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While the Taliban yielded on nothing regarding a more representative government, economic integration, giving rights to Women and minorities, relaxing Sharia laws, improving the welfare of its people or conditions that have led to refugees fleeing to neighboring countries or anything else domestically related, they were able to extract assurances from their regional partners that humanitarian aid would continue to flow into Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also helpfully opened the meeting by reading a statement that it was the responsibility of the Western powers to rebuild Afghanistan.