The National Security Advisors' level meeting between India and Russia on security issues, including the Afghanistan crisis started in New Delhi on Wednesday.

This is following US President Joe Biden has said that China has a “problem” with the Taliban and he was sure that it will try to “work out an arrangement” with the insurgent group. Biden told reporters at the White House that Pakistan, Russia and Iran too have a problem with the Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan on August 15.

The Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will be discussing these security related issues with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev following the situation that arises after the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan. Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, General Nikolay Patrushev arrived in New Delhi  on Tuesday on a two-day visit for a "High Level India-Russia Intergovernmental Consultations" on the invitation of India's National Security Adviser.

India and Russia face common challenges from Afghanistan, like the rise of terrorist groups, increased drug trafficking, organised crime and the flow of refugees. And, also the fact that a very large amount of very advanced US Military equipment is now in the hands of a large number of known terrorist organisations who are now parts of the Afghan militia, therefore, both countries wanted to discuss threadbare discussion on these security-related issues.

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