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Afghanistan
Indian foreign minister to visit Afghanistan
2007-01-23
KABUL - Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukarjee is due to visit Afghanistan Tuesday to invite President Hamid Karzai to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)summit to be held in India in April, an Afghan foreign ministry statement said. Mukarjee is expected to call on his Afghan counterpart, Dr Rangin Spanta to discuss regional cooperation.

Afghanistan is due to officially join SAARC in the organizationÂ’s 14th Summit to be held in New Delhi.
Afghanistan, which is the only land link to central Asia, is due to officially join SAARC in the organizationÂ’s 14th Summit to be held in New Delhi, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Member states of the organization approved Afghanistan as the 8th member during its latest summit in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital late last year.

India is one of the biggest donors for post-Taleban government with a 500-million-dollar pledge for reconstruction and 500 free scholarships for Afghan students to study in Indian universities.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  They are slowly boxing the Paks in.
To the north India has an airbase at Farkhor in Tajikistan (the Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Masood was rushed to the Indian military hospital after the suicide attack on him). India reportedly has Mig 29s and helicopters there, along with special forces troops.

Posted by: john   2007-01-23 15:09  

#3  "What say we get together and do some damage to our joint pain-in-the-ass country?"
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-23 14:59  

#2  If they can tolerate the Afghans and afford it, India would do well to box the Pak mules in.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2007-01-23 10:47  

#1  India on Thursday announced an increase of $100 million in aid to Afghanistan from the current level of $650 million, five days ahead of the visit of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee there.
Posted by: john   2007-01-23 06:14  

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