NEW DELHI: Countries attending next week’s Heart of Asia (HoA) ministerial meeting hosted by India are expected to discuss a draft regional counter-terrorism strategy, which provides “practical and binding” responsibilities on member nations to address the challenge of terrorism emanating from the region.

Afghanistan, the permanent chair of HoA, has circulated a draft among member states as agreed upon in the last ministerial meeting in Pakistan in December 2015, two people familiar with the developments separately confirmed.

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