Afghanistan on agenda as SCO-RATS summit begins

KABUL (Pajhwok):  A summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) started in New Delhi on Monday.

Delegates from China, Pakistan and Russia are attending the event, which would continue until May 19, said a media report

ANI reported the agenda for the SCO summit included the formation of a broad-based government in Afghanistan and humanitarian crisis there.

In November last year, New Delhi hosted a Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan.

National security advisors from Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan had attended the dialogue.

Participants of the ongoing meeting will discuss anti-terror measures under the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) and the security situation in Afghanistan.

Pan Monitor/mud

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