US ask india to join afgan peace talk .

Delhi:  The biden administration has begun an overhaul of america's afghanistan strategy and it finally wants india at the table. In a leaked letter to afghan president ashraf ghani us secretary of state anthony blinken outlined a series of steps to jump start the stalled peace process .

one of them was a un-backed conference of regional powers and stakeholders we intend to ask the united nations to convene foreign ministers and envoys from russia china pakistan iran india and the united states to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in afghanistan.

 Afghanistan has a troubled history with its neighbours in a complex web of competing interests and proxy powers, but increasingly india is a new focus for diplomatic efforts to broker a lasting peace the u.s has made clear that it welcomes new delhi's engagement.

 india has fostered close ties to the afghan government in recent years in the form of billions of dollars in aid and development last month.

 indian prime minister narendra modi gave his support to a peace process that is led owned and controlled by afghanistan. indian prime minister narendra modi wants the peace process to be afghan-led and afghan controlled ,

As does the u.s state department how does the current proposal from anthony blinken involving six nations make it so indian position has always been that the afghan peace process should be afghan owned afghan led and have gone controlled and it also had you know about three or four red lines one being there should be the reduction in violence women's rights should be respected and constitutional uh you know uh principles should be observed now in that india is finally part of the negotiating table in uh in upon on the path towards peace in afghanistan .

this has been a u.s led proposal which which was revealed last week through a letter by the u.s secretary of state and now uh india is expected to be finally be part of the table after being on the sidelines for almost a couple of decades.  india has invested in afghanistan in its reconstruction and redevelopment in a major way in the last two decades since  2001 .

After the 9 /11 attacks and it spent close to 3 billion dollars in the reconstruction and redevelopment that constancy very carefully because uh you know it essentially wants to counter pakistan's influence in afghanistan which has been a problem for india,

 from india's perspective terrorism emanating out of afghanistan and pakistan and the cross border terrorism has been a major security challenge, remember about two or three decades back when   afghan war sort of ended the the elements the terror elements from the afghan border ,

 they moved to kashmir so that has been a major security challenge for india so india has has wanted that it should be involved in securing afghanistan's peace and prosperity so that it is able to you know have a say and not be on the sideline .

 india wanted to counter pakistan's influence but then india will find itself sitting at the talks table with pakistan and with china,

 two countries with whom relations haven't always been the best let's just put it that way and  also have russia which has been a traditional indian ally who is expected to be at the talk table but wasn't apparently too happy with india being part of this process so just wondering here how do these six nations get together despite these nations having convert divergent interests .

well know hit the nail at the at the right spot you know what has happened is although the countries have expressed it their position that it should be afghan-led ,

afghan owned and afghan control but all the processes have been led controlled and owned by other players other actors.

region and that has been a major challenge for afghanistan and the peace process now if it has to take off all the regional players.

 whether they see eye to eye with each other whether it be india versus pakistan or india versus china russia versus u.s all the countries have to have the stakes have to have the skin in the game for the peace process to move forward in a in a pragmatic in a feasible manner and that is the major challenge for this peace process ,

which has been fragile as you know in the last year or so that has been very evident  you speak to the people in the afghan government as well i wonder how afghan government officials view the involvement of so many nations in a peace process that is meant to benefit them.

 yes you're absolutely right afghan government has always wanted it the peace process to be led by them but unfortunately as the realities stand on the ground uh they are they are one uh entity or one player in this in the in the mix the taliban and as well as the americans  having cut a deal last year now more more countries and more stakeholders are now in the game and they see some they see as not so benign influence and some they feel can contribute to a sort of a positive atmosphere for all the constitutional gains that they've acquired over the last two decades.