India, Oct. 8 -- The 10 nations involved in the Russia-backed Moscow Format consultations have opposed any deployment of foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan at a time when US president Donald Trump has spoken about taking over Bagram airbase. This is one of the rare occasions when even India and Pakistan have shown unanimity on a regional issue, and the joint statement issued by the Moscow Format group is significant in many ways, revealing a lot about the feverish diplomatic activity in the Af-Pak region. The development is also significant because the Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi participated in the Moscow Format consultations as an official delegate for the first time, and the regime in Kabul has urged those wi...