Washington: Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and its involvement in terrorism were among the problems discussed within the Quad summit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral discussions, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said Responding to an issue on Pakistan’s support to terrorism during a press briefing in Washington, Mr Shringla said that Pakistan has really been in many senses instigator of a number of the issues India is handling in our neighbourhood and beyond.

“Both in bilateral discussions and in Quad summit, there was a transparent sense that more careful look, examination and monitoring Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s role on the difficulty of terrorism had to be kept and positively whether it’s Quad or other partners had to stay track thereto factor, a crucial factor that sometimes gets overlooked once you see Pakistan projecting itself as a facilitator whether it’s really been in many sense instigator of a number of the issues we are handling in our neighbourhood and beyond,” he said.

India and therefore the us have expressed concern over Islamabad’s role in Afghanistan, said Mr Shringla adding that the 2 sides underscored the importance of combating terrorism in Afghanistan I think there was clear concern therein regard on Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and their continuing for a particular approach that didn’t seem to be conducive to the international community expectations of what Afghanistan should be like,” he said.

During a news conference on Thursday, Mr Shringla informed that US vice chairman Kamala Harris has ‘suo moto’, mentioned Pakistan’s role in terrorism and asked the country to prevent supporting terror groups during the first-ever meeting with PM Modi Harris acknowledged the presence of terror groups in Pakistan, said Mr Shringla when asked whether the difficulty of Pakistan emboldening Taliban came up during the discussion between PM Modi and therefore the US vice chairman .