The Hindu: After supplying four attack helicopters to Afghanistan, India is quietly moving to qualitatively scale up military assistance in terms of long-term spares and support. This involves a trilateral framework with Russia, officials confirmed to The Hindu who said it is likely to be discussed by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
PTI: Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai on Sunday welcomed the surgical strikes by Indian Army on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and said for long his country has been demanding terror sanctuaries be destroyed. “We have been saying and wishing it since so long that terror sanctuaries be eliminated, and the Indian Army has done the right
Tolo News: With the expansion of trade, commerce and commercial activities through Chabahar Port, the value of commercial and trade transportation between Afghanistan and India will be increased by 50 percent. But officials from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Friday said that currently one of the biggest problems with the port is
PTI: Underlining that black money is one of the main sources of funding terror activities, Afghanistan today welcomed India’s decision to demonetise high-denomination currency, saying the move will benefit the region. Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Abdali said the move will help curb economic terrorism by foiling the usage of counterfeit currency for terror activities. Click
NEW DELHI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Afghanistan will soon open a consulate in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and both countries have agreed on that, Afghan envoy said on Friday. “We are going to open a consulate in Hyderabad, which will not only focus on trade and business, but going to be a step
Michael Hughes: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on September 29 consummated a peace agreement with notorious warlord and internationally-designated terrorist Gulbidden Hekmatyar, who is renowned for being the only prime minister in history to bomb his own nation’s capital. The immediate and obvious question is: Why? Why strike a peace deal with an exiled war criminal who
Anjana Pasricha VOA News September 28, 2016 NEW DELHI, INDIA — Bangladesh pulled out of a regional summit to be held in Islamabad in November, a day after India announced that it would not attend the meeting in the aftermath of a deadly attack on an Indian army base close to Pakistan’s border. Without naming Pakistan,
Tolo News: Afghanistan and India finalized a deal of cooperation between the respective cricket boards in order to boost the sport in the war-torn country, said a statement issued by Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Wednesday. The statement said the agreement was signed between the ACB Chief Executive Officer Shafiqullah Stanikzai and the CEO of India’s Cricket
Khaama Press: The famous Indian film star Sanjaty Dutt’s next film will be about Afghanistan to focus on the use of children in suicide attacks. Sanjay Dutt is due to shoot for the movie by signing the contract of the film six months after he was released from the jail. Click here to read more (external link).
Khalid Mafton VOA News September 15, 2016 Afghanistan’s president made a two-day trip to India this week, where New Delhi pledged $1 billion in developmental aid and signed other deals for extraditing criminals and terror suspects. That has raised concerns in India’s rival, Pakistan, which has long viewed New Delhi’s ties to Afghanistan with suspicion.