Washington is keen on a six-country meet including India for a meet on Afghanistan as it reviews its strategy for the country. In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken&nbsp;has outlined several ways "to move matter more fundamentally and quickly towards a settlement".&nbsp;

The letter, which surfaced in Afghan media on Sunday said, "We intend to as the United Nations to convene foreign ministers and envoys from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, and US to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in Afghanistan".&nbsp;

In the letter, Blinken explained, "it is my belief that these countries share an abiding common interest in a stable Afghanistan and must work together if we are to succeed".

Sunday also saw, US Special Representative to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaking to India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. A tweet from Jaishankar's account said, "discussed latest developments pertaining to peace talks".

India has been seen as a close partner of the Afghan government and has built a number of mega infrastructure projects in the country, from the Afghan Parliament to the India Afghan friendship dam in western Herat province. Last month saw Indian PM Modi and Afghan President Ghani holding a virtual summit and also announcing the start of Shahtoot dam project, which will be built by India and provide clean drinking water to residents of Kabul.

The letter by Blinken also includes a written proposal that will be shared by Khalilzad with President Ghani and Taliban leaders and is "aimed at accelerating discussions on a negotiated settlement and ceasefire", Turkish government hosting a meet between the two&nbsp;sides, reduction in violence proposal to "prevent a spring offensive by the Taliban" and eventual full withdrawal of American forces by May 1.

It has been 20 years since the fall of the Taliban and US presence in Afghanistan with Washington keen to leave the country. Last year saw&nbsp;US-Taliban pact, followed by the start of talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. While these two&nbsp;developments have been seen as positive, the violence level continues to increase in the country.

Washington is keen on a six-country meet including India for a meet on Afghanistan as it reviews its strategy for the country. In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has outlined several ways "to move matter more fundamentally and quickly towards a settlement".

Washington is keen on a six-country meet including India for a meet on Afghanistan as it reviews its strategy for the country. In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has outlined several ways "to move matter more fundamentally and quickly towards a settlement". The letter, which surfaced in Afghan media on Sunday said, "We intend to as the United Nations to convene foreign ministers and envoys from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, and US to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in Afghanistan". In the letter, Blinken explained, "it is my belief that these countries share an abiding common interest in a stable Afghanistan and must work together if we are to succeed". Sunday also saw, US Special Representative to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaking to India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. A tweet from Jaishankar's account said, "discussed latest developments pertaining to peace talks". India has been seen as a close partner of the Afghan government and has built a number of mega infrastructure projects in the country, from the Afghan Parliament to the India Afghan friendship dam in western Herat province. Last month saw Indian PM Modi and Afghan President Ghani holding a virtual summit and also announcing the start of Shahtoot dam project, which will be built by India and provide clean drinking water to residents of Kabul. The letter by Blinken also includes a written proposal that will be shared by Khalilzad with President Ghani and Taliban leaders and is "aimed at accelerating discussions on a negotiated settlement and ceasefire", Turkish government hosting a meet between the two sides, reduction in violence proposal to "prevent a spring offensive by the Taliban" and eventual full withdrawal of American forces by May 1. It has been 20 years since the fall of the Taliban and US presence in Afghanistan with Washington keen to leave the country. Last year saw US-Taliban pact, followed by the start of talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. While these two developments have been seen as positive, the violence level continues to increase in the country.

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Vajpayee govt conducted nuclear tests 20 years ago, other governments never had similar courage: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was able to successfully carry out nuclear test - Operation Shakti - over two decades ago on this very day because the government was courageous enough to undertake such a task.

Vajpayee govt conducted nuclear tests 20 years ago, other governments never had similar courage: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was able to successfully carry out nuclear test - Operation Shakti - over two decades ago on this very day because the government was courageous enough to undertake such a task. Afghanistan: Journalist shot dead by unidentified gunmen An Afghani journalist and a cultural adviser to the Parliament was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the eastern part of Kabul on Sunday. Yemen government accuses rebels of 'ploy' over ports pullout A senior pro-government official accused Yemen's Huthi rebels of faking an announced pullout from three strategic ports in Hodeida province on Saturday. "The Huthis are staging a new ploy by handing over the ports of Hodeida, Saleef and Ras Issa to themselves without any monitoring by the United Nations and the government side," provincial governor Al-Hasan Taher told AFP. 5 TTP terrorists killed in US drone attack on Afghanistan-Pakistan border At least five terrorists belong to Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killed following a US drone attack on Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The drone attack took place at Laman, in the Afghanistan territory. IB issues alert of fidayeen attack on Buddha Purnima in West Bengal, Bangladesh; security beefs up The Central Intelligence Bureau (IB) has issued an alert, warning of a fidayeen attack by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) or Islamic State (IS) on the occasion of Buddha Purnima at West Bengal or Bangladesh, according to the sources in Intelligence Bureau.

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