Central & South Asia 2021 conference July 16, 2021 by Mansoor Hameed Tashkent: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, Afghani Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, center, and Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, left, talk to each other prior to posing for a photo with their colleagues at a Central and South Asia 2021 conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. AP/PTI Photo) Tashkent: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, delivers his speech at the Central and South Asia 2021 conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. AP/PTI Tashkent: In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, center, and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, right, prepare to pose for a photo prior to a Central and South Asia 2021 conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. AP/PTI Photo Tashkent: In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, arrives to attend a Central and South Asia 2021 conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 16, 2021. AP/PTI Photo Tashkent: In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, left, gestures while speaking to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right back to a camera, prior to a Central and South Asia 2021 conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Friday, July 16, 2021.AP/PTI Photo