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		<title>On Tuesday, regional national security advisers will gather for talks on Afghanistan</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Russia&#8217;s, Iran&#8217;s, and five Central Asian countries&#8217; security czars will arrive in Delhi on Tuesday ahead of the &#8220;Delhi regional security conversation&#8221; on Afghanistan, which will be led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, who will also meet bilaterally with his counterparts. &#160; Officials involved in the dialogue said the meeting, to which Pakistan [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/on-tuesday-regional-national-security-advisers-will-gather-for-talks-on-afghanistan">On Tuesday, regional national security advisers will gather for talks on Afghanistan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russia&#8217;s, Iran&#8217;s, and five Central Asian countries&#8217; security czars will arrive in Delhi on Tuesday ahead of the &#8220;Delhi regional security conversation&#8221; on Afghanistan, which will be led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval, who will also meet bilaterally with his counterparts.</p>
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<p>Officials involved in the dialogue said the meeting, to which Pakistan and China have declined to attend, would aim to share a &#8220;common understanding of concerns&#8221; shared by Afghanistan&#8217;s neighbors in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover on August 15, as well as build consensus on how to deal with threats.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/on-tuesday-regional-national-security-advisers-will-gather-for-talks-on-afghanistan">On Tuesday, regional national security advisers will gather for talks on Afghanistan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>In the midst of the Afghan crisis, Prime Minister Modi convenes a high-level conference with Top Government Officials</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A high-level meeting to examine the situation in Afghanistan is apparently underway at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s official residence in New Delhi, amid anxiety and uncertainty following the Taliban&#8217;s takeover of the country. PM Modi, the Union Defence Minister, the Union Home Minister, the Union Finance Minister, and the Minister of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-the-midst-of-the-afghan-crisis-prime-minister-modi-convenes-a-high-level-conference-with-top-government-officials">In the midst of the Afghan crisis, Prime Minister Modi convenes a high-level conference with Top Government Officials</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A high-level meeting to examine the situation in Afghanistan is apparently underway at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s official residence in New Delhi, amid anxiety and uncertainty following the Taliban&#8217;s takeover of the country.</p>
<p>PM Modi, the Union Defence Minister, the Union Home Minister, the Union Finance Minister, and the Minister of External Affairs are all present at the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting. The CCS is the highest governing body in charge of national security matters.</p>
<p>According to reports, the meeting featured Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor, and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, the Foreign Secretary, as well as India&#8217;s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rudrendra Tandon, who returned to India today</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/in-the-midst-of-the-afghan-crisis-prime-minister-modi-convenes-a-high-level-conference-with-top-government-officials">In the midst of the Afghan crisis, Prime Minister Modi convenes a high-level conference with Top Government Officials</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>India Expects China To Work Together Towards LAC Disengagement</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>India on Friday said it expects China to sincerely work with it towards the objective of achieving &#8220;complete disengagement&#8221; of troops and de-escalation of tension in the border areas in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said full restoration of peace and tranquility in the border areas as agreed to by the two [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/india-expects-china-to-work-together-towards-lac-disengagement">India Expects China To Work Together Towards LAC Disengagement</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">India on Friday said it expects China to sincerely work with it towards the objective of achieving &#8220;complete disengagement&#8221; of troops and de-escalation of tension in the border areas in eastern Ladakh.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said full restoration of peace and tranquility in the border areas as agreed to by the two sides is essential in the context of overall development of the bilateral relationship. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;As the external affairs minister had noted in a recent interview &#8216;the state of the border and the future of our ties, cannot be separated&#8217;,&#8221; Srivastava said at an online media briefing. He said both sides have reached an agreement on broad principles of disengagement and based on it, some progress had been earlier made. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;I must add that translating these principles on ground is a complex process that requires re-deployment of troops by each side towards their regular posts on their respective sides of the LAC (Line of Actual Control),&#8221; Srivastava said. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;It is natural that this can be done only through mutually agreed reciprocal actions. While we would like the ongoing disengagement process to be completed at the earliest, it is important to bear in mind that achieving this requires agreed actions by both sides,&#8221; he added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The MEA spokesperson said India expects that the Chinese side to sincerely work with India towards the objective of complete disengagement and de-escalation and full restoration of peace and tranquility in the border areas as agreed by the Special Representatives of the two countries.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The formal process of disengagement of troops began on July 6, a day after a nearly two-hour telephonic conversation between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on ways to bring down tensions in the area.  &#8212; <em>PTI</em></p>
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