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Peshawar-born Satinder Kumar Lambah served the Government of India for over five decades, including two tenures in Pakistan as Deputy Chief of Mission and High Commissioner; Ambassador to Hungary, Germany and Russia; Chairman of National Security Advisory Board; Special Representative for Afghanistan under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and later as Special Envoy for back-channel talks with Pakistan during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure for a decade. After leaving the government, he continued to lead Track II dialogues with several key countries and was Chairman of Ananta Aspen Centre for two terms.