(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI - March 25, 2009: India, Iran a
nd Russia are considering cooperative actions to contain the rising influence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, reported the local daily The Times of India on Tuesday.
The three countries will discuss this issue during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on March 27, said the newspaper quoting unnamed sources here.
The newspaper also said the three countries are concerned that the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan is giving Taliban and other militant groups "a growing space" in Afghanistan.
They are also worried about the perspective of the United States and Pakistan arranging the coming to power of some "moderate" Taliban forces in Afghanistan, so that the U.S-led NATO can work out an "exit strategy" to pull out of the country, said the report.
Both Iran and India will attend the SCO meeting as observers in Russia, the current rotating chair of the six-member organization.
nd Russia are considering cooperative actions to contain the rising influence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, reported the local daily The Times of India on Tuesday.
The three countries will discuss this issue during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on March 27, said the newspaper quoting unnamed sources here.
The newspaper also said the three countries are concerned that the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan is giving Taliban and other militant groups "a growing space" in Afghanistan.
They are also worried about the perspective of the United States and Pakistan arranging the coming to power of some "moderate" Taliban forces in Afghanistan, so that the U.S-led NATO can work out an "exit strategy" to pull out of the country, said the report.
Both Iran and India will attend the SCO meeting as observers in Russia, the current rotating chair of the six-member organization. 
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