CIA chief in Delhi to discuss Afghan problem

CIA chief William J Burns, who is meeting NSA Ajit Doval and top brass in the intelligence and security establishment, is discussing the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan.

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CIA chief William J Burns. (Source: Wikipedia)

CIA chief William J Burns is in Delhi for consultations with the top Indian leadership, especially in the security and strategic establishment, sources said on Wednesday.

Burns, who is meeting NSA Ajit Doval and top brass in the intelligence and security establishment, is discussing the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan. He arrived in the national capital on Tuesday, sources said.

Both Indian and American officials are tight-lipped about the visit, but several sources confirmed his visit and agenda.

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Burns had last month visited Afghanistan to meet the Taliban leadership, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. This was in the context of the evolving and precarious security situation, which was challenging for the Americans to evacuate Americans, Afghans and several from other countries.

Incidentally, the CIA chief is in town when Russian NSA Nikolay Patrushev is also in town for discussions on Afghanistan.

Patrushev will meet NSA Doval, PM Narendra Modi and External Affairs minister S Jaishankar.

Shubhajit Roy

Shubhajit Roy, Diplomatic Editor at The Indian Express, has been a journalist for more than 25 years now. Roy joined The Indian Express in October 2003 and has been reporting on foreign affairs for more than 17 years now. Based in Delhi, he has also led the National government and political bureau at The Indian Express in Delhi — a team of reporters who cover the national government and politics for the newspaper. He has got the Ramnath Goenka Journalism award for Excellence in Journalism ‘2016. He got this award for his coverage of the Holey Bakery attack in Dhaka and its aftermath. He also got the IIMCAA Award for the Journalist of the Year, 2022, (Jury’s special mention) for his coverage of the fall of Kabul in August 2021 — he was one of the few Indian journalists in Kabul and the only mainstream newspaper to have covered the Taliban’s capture of power in mid-August, 2021. ... Read More

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