Updated On: 17 September, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
In a virtual address at an SCO meeting on Afghanistan, PM Modi said there was a need for regional focus and cooperation on the situation in the country

PM Narendra Modi addressing the SCO Summit 2021 virtually in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the recent developments in Afghanistan will have the greatest impact on neighbouring countries like India and continuing instability in that country will encourage terrorist and extremist ideologies all over the world.
In a virtual address at an SCO meeting on Afghanistan, Modi said there was a need for regional focus and cooperation on the situation in the country. "The recent developments in Afghanistan will have the greatest impact on neighbouring countries like us. And therefore, there is a need for regional focus and cooperation on this issue," he said.