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- The Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, backed the U.S. talks with Taliban to bring stability in Afghanistan as long as there are no preconditions.
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- Change in stance: India had traditionally maintained that there could not be any talks with Taliban, but in an indication of a rethink, it sent two former diplomats to the regional forum on Afghanistan hosted by Russia in November 2018.
Source
The Hindu