‘No discussion on Indian troops in Afghanistan,’ says US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad

‘No discussion on Indian troops in Afghanistan,’ says US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad

Zalmay Khalilzad, Special Representative for Afghanistan in the US State Department, told Times Now that the United States wants India to participate in the Afghan peace process, but there has been no discussion about having Indian troops in Kabul.  Khalilzad said he had a “very good meeting and the focus was Indian involvement in international efforts in the support of peace in Afghanistan and we discussed alternatives and how best India, which has an important role in Afghanistan on what happen.  We exchanged views on the options… The United States is supportive of India playing its role in the quest for peace”. “India is supportive.  It is going to think about the alternatives and we need to continue regular exchanges and I hope that we will reach an agreement on which one among the options are best for India to participate in and we support Indian involvement There were several reasons why the United States thought Indian involvement was necessary which are as follows:  India’s proximi…