Speaker: R. Grant Smith, Senior Fellow at Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University.

Chair: P R Chari, Research Professor, IPCS

P R Chari

The chair welcomed R. Grant Smith, a long time friend. He underlined that while the talk was on Afghanistan and Central Asia, the Indian audience would like to know the speaker's opinions on the possibilities of the gas pipeline to India via Afghanistan given the politics surrounding it.

R. Grant Smith

R Grant Smith recalled that he had worked in India fourteen years ago and it had been seven years since he had last come to India. He pointed out his continuing interest on Afghanistan and its politics.

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