In the wake of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and India having evacuated around 50 diplomats and security personnel from its consulate in Kandahar, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Dushanbe to discuss the crisis in the war-torn country.
Jaishankar arrived in the Tajik capital earlier in the day on a two-day visit to attend the meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers and the SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan.
Expressing concern over the escalation of violence and stressing the need to end the bloodshed in Afghanistan, Jaishankar assured continued cooperation to Kabul in strengthening regional and global consensus to achieve a political settlement in the country.
Jaishankar and Atmar met in Dushanbe on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The two ministers will also participate in a