India, Russia warn against terror groups operating from Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia May 10, 2018. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Russia believe that foreign militant groups operating from Afghanistan pose a threat to central Asia and to India and agreed to deepen anti-terrorism cooperation at a meeting of their national security chiefs on Wednesday, officials said.

The Islamist Taliban swept to victory in Afghanistan last month after two decades of fighting and announced a provisional government that has met with a guarded reception from the international community.