MOSCOW, 16 October 2021, (TON): Moscow will host the United States, China and Pakistan next week for talks on Afghanistan, the Kremlin's envoy to the country told Russian news agencies.

News agencies cited President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov as saying the meeting would take place and that the countries "will try to work out a common position on the changing situation in Afghanistan".

According to Reuters, Kabulov said that he did not expect any major breakthrough at talks with the Taliban next week in Moscow.

"We do not expect any breakthroughs," the news agency cited Kabulov as saying. "We understand that this is a long process."

Kabulov added that officials from Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan would meet separately in Moscow to come up with a united position on the changing situation in Afghanistan.

Moscow hosted an international conference on Afghanistan in March at which Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan released a joint statement calling on the then-warring Afghan sides to reach a peace deal and curb violence.