Calls grow for Kathmandu to speak on Afghan crisis, but can it?

Some say Nepal as SAARC chair should take the lead, but observers say there’s not much scope, as even world powers are struggling to figure out how to deal with the new rulers.

Nepal does not have a direct stake in Afghanistan. It doesn’t even have an embassy in Kabul. Nepal, however, has a couple of connections. Afghanistan is the youngest member of SAARC, of which Nepal is the current chair, and there are many Nepalis working there.