NEW DELHI, March 18: Unabated bilateral tensions between India and Pakistan together with their divergent approaches towards a solution to the mess in Kabul are expected to distract the attention from, rather than put the focus on, constructive discussions on Afghanistan at two international conferences this month that are to discuss new strategies for the war-torn nation, reports indicated on Wednesday.

Pakistan mistrusts India’s intentions in cultivating a closer relationship with Kabul than Islamabad is seen to have garnered. New Delhi, on its part, has expressed reservations about the evolving strategy to accept the possibility of ‘good Taliban’ as distinct from those that support terrorist methods to make heir point.

According to the Press Trust of India, New Delhi was preparing on Wednesday to participate in two international conferences with the caution not to treat any section of Taliban as ‘good’. PTI did not identify its sources but said India’s formulation was apparently addressed to the United States, which has expressed readiness to hold talks with ‘moderate’ militia.

“Maintaining that it would be unwise to negotiate with Taliban and leave people to their mercy, sources here said efforts should instead be made to strengthen the age-old tribal structures which are still intact in Afghanistan,” the PTI dispatch said.

It said the situation in Afghanistan, over which world concerns are growing because of resurgence of Taliban, would be discussed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow on March 27 and a conference in The Hague later this month. India is expected to be represented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Special Envoy S. K. Lambah at the SCO meeting. Another high-ranking official will also be attending The Hague meet.

“At these meetings, India will present its prescription for stabilisation of Afghanistan, which would include giving thrust to developmental initiatives besides military and security components in creating a zone of peace,” PTI said.

“India feels that efforts should be made to create ‘secure areas’ and promote developmental activities in such areas, a process that would alienate the Taliban,” according to PTI.

If New Delhi’s approach to the Afghan conundrum appeared to present a contrast to Pakistan’s thinking on the fluid situation there, both countries were additionally grappling with the shock of the Mumbai attacks that had worsened their mistrust of each other.

On Wednesday, for example, India said that having provided more evidence to Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks, it expected Islamabad to share concrete information regarding its side of the probe into the carnage as the details received so far by New Delhi had been ‘very sketchy’.

PTI said that New Delhi had given ample evidence to Islamabad to act against those behind the November 26 carnage and would continue to ‘encourage’ the neighbour to fulfil its commitments of dismantling the terror infrastructure there.

In its reply to Pakistan’s 30 questions last Friday, India had provided DNA samples of the 10 gunmen who attacked Mumbai with fingerprints of eight of them, PTI said, quoting sources in New Delhi. Fingerprints of two alleged terrorists could not be obtained because their condition was bad.

New Delhi also gave other details like voice recordings of terrorists, photographs and forensic evidence to Islamabad to enable it to take its probe forward.

“On the other hand, Pakistan has shared little about its investigation into the attacks, particularly with regard to those arrested,” the news agency said. The information shared by Pakistan so far is ‘very sketchy’, sources here told PTI.