Afghan crisis: NSA Doval, Russian security official hold talks to mitigate threat

After holding deliberations with CIA Chief William Burns, NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held talks with his Russian counterpart Gen Nikolay Patrushev to reduce any possible security threat from the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

Doval and Patrushev reportedly discussed the security implications of the Taliban's capture of power for India, Russia and the Central Asian region given the strong presence of some of the terror groups including Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Afghanistan.

Further, attention was paid to intensifying joint work by 'special services and military bodies' of both the countries and emphasis was laid on more interaction on the ‘anti-terrorist track', PTI reported quoting sources.

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Earlier, on Tuesday the CIA chief held talks with Doval and a number of senior officials of the National Security Secretariat. Burns and the UK's Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) Richard Moore were among a number of key intelligence and security officials to visit India over the last few days.