Don't worry about Taliban, India's here: PM to Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kabul on Sunday, India on Friday offered full support to Afghanistan, including strengthening its security capabilities, to effectively deal with the ‘newly-emerging threat’ from Taliban operating from Pakistan.
It would also undertake developmental projects worth 50 million dollars in the war-ravaged country. Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said that New Delhi was also keen to develop trade and expand reconstruction work in the country but these efforts were being hampered by denial of transit facility by Pakistan.
“We want Afghanistan to emerge as a democratic, independent, sovereign country, in full mastery of its own destiny. It is in our interest to ensure that Afghanistan does not once again become a kind of a centre of extremism or terrorism. Anything that threatens Afghanistan’s stability is a matter of concern for us,” he said.
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kabul on Sunday, India on Friday offered full support to Afghanistan, including strengthening its security capabilities, to effectively deal with the ‘newly-emerging threat’ from Taliban operating from Pakistan.
It would also undertake developmental projects worth 50 million dollars in the war-ravaged country. Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said that New Delhi was also keen to develop trade and expand reconstruction work in the country but these efforts were being hampered by denial of transit facility by Pakistan.
“We want Afghanistan to emerge as a democratic, independent, sovereign country, in full mastery of its own destiny. It is in our interest to ensure that Afghanistan does not once again become a kind of a centre of extremism or terrorism. Anything that threatens Afghanistan’s stability is a matter of concern for us,” he said.
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