‘Troika plus’ group holds conference on Afghanistan in Pakistani capital

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan held a meeting on Afghanistan with envoys from the United States, China and Russia on Thursday as the Pakistani foreign minister warned its neighbour was on the brink of economic collapse. The grouping of countries, known as the “Troika Plus” met formally for the first time since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on Aug. 15. “The engagement with Afghanistan must not only continue but should be enhanced for multiple reasons,” Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in opening remarks at the meeting in Islamabad. “Nobody wishes to see a relapse into c…