Unlike in the past when the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) had a strong role in Afghanistan’s strategic and geopolitical affairs, the international body presently has nothing more than a titular presence in Afghanistan.
The arrival of Steffan Di Mistura in Afghanistan as UNAMA Chief in March this year had brought a major shift in its strategy that is seen as a deviation from opposition to subordination in the policy line of UN Afghanistan towards NATO and US.
Former UNAMA Chief Kai Eide had strongly opposed the US policy to encourage India in Afghanistan. Eide, being himself the architect of the peace process with Taliban although he had categorically disapproved of the inclusion of terrorist groups and banned foreign militant leaders, except Taliban, in Afghanistan's peace process.
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Kai Eide had introduced the idea of involving Afghanistan's immediate neighbours - Pakistan and Iran - for the redressal of the Afghan crisis....
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