The VIF, in collaboration with the Russian Institute of International Affairs (RIAC), Russia and the Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIS), Iran organised a webinar on the "Developments in Afghanistan and their Regional Implications” on 6 October 2021. Participants included Dr. Arvind Gupta, Andrey Kortunov, Mohammad Hasan Sheikholeslami, Seyyed Rasoul Mousavi, Amb. P.S. Raghavan, Mikhail Konarovsky Gleb Ivashentsov, Amb. Arun K Singh, Hosein Ebrahim Khani, Sanjay Singh, Bahman Agharazi, Andrey Kazantsev, among others.

The trilateral focussed on the Russian, Indian and Iranian interests in light of internal developments in Afghanistan and regional reverberations and explored scope for collaboration. The discussion also delved into the implications of the Afghan situation on the SCO agenda and deliberated on the opportunities for action and associated security risks.