'India Will Walk Shoulder to Shoulder With You', PM Modi's Message to Afghanistan: Highlights

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani held a joint statement in New Delhi today.

Here are the highlights of their speech:

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI:

• It is a timeless link of human hearts between Indians and Afghans.
• President Ghani shared his impressive vision for Afghanistan's prosperity, based on its talent, resources and location.
• We will be there with you when you rebuild your homes and reconstruct your heritage.
• We in India admire the courage of the Afghan people to seek a future of peace and prosperity.
• Afghan children have a special focus in our efforts.
• The partnership between India and Afghanistan has blossomed.
• We are deeply grateful to Afghanistan's security forces who protected our people in Afghanistan.
• I have conveyed support for Habibia School and Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital.
• India will walk shoulder to shoulder with you and the Afghan people in a mission of global importance.
• We share Afghanistan's pain over persisting terrorism and extremist violence.
• We will continue our support for capacity building of Afghan security forces.
• I convey our support for President Ghani's vision for peace and stability in Afghanistan.

AFGHAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD ASHRAF GHANI:

• Shadow of terror haunts our children, women & youth, terror must be confronted and must be overcome.
• We are determined to change regional nature of cooperation,terror cannot be classified into good or bad.
• We must stand united, both in our region, and globally to continue this phenomenon.
• My deepest sympathies to people of Nepal.
• I have had the pleasure of visiting Nepal many times, I have walked those mountains.