London: Britain will today (September 22) call for Russia  and China to agree on a coordinated international approach to avert Afghanistan from becoming a haven for militants, according to a statement by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at the United Nations. As per reports, Foreign ministers from Britain, China, Russia, the United States and France will meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the UN General Assembly in New York.

Notably, Britain will use the meeting to call for greater cooperation to improve international security, with a particular focus on Afghanistan. The Taliban`s rapid takeover of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of United States, British and NATO troops last month, has raised fears the country could once again be used as a training ground for Islamist militants. "If we want to avoid Afghanistan becoming a haven for global terror then the international community, including Russia and China, needs to act as one in its engagement with the Taliban," Truss said in a statement ahead of the meeting.

The Taliban have promised they will not let Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden plotted the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when they were last in power, again become a safe place for groups planning to strike the West.

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