India-afghanistan Partnership

India is a responsible aid provider to Afghanistan and the war-torn country seeks strategic partnership with it, the Trump administration has said.

The Pentagon has been asked by a key Senate panel to identify ways to ensure that India plays a larger role in providing increased and coordinated defence-related support to war-torn Afghanistan.

Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan today called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a stern message to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

India expects the strategic Chabahar port in Iran, which will give sea-land access to Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan, to be operational by December next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

India has assured that its assistance was neither "transitory" nor in "transition" to Afghanistan, which said it was looking forward to increasing training and capacity building of its security forces apart from equipping them with help from India. The two countries also set in motion the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, inked...

India is a responsible aid provider to Afghanistan and the war-torn country seeks strategic partnership with it, the Trump administration has said.

The Pentagon has been asked by a key Senate panel to identify ways to ensure that India plays a larger role in providing increased and coordinated defence-related support to war-torn Afghanistan.

Expressing grave concern at continued use of terrorism for achieving political objectives in the region, India and Afghanistan today called for an end to all sponsorship and sanctuaries to terrorists, in what is seen as a stern message to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

India expects the strategic Chabahar port in Iran, which will give sea-land access to Afghanistan bypassing Pakistan, to be operational by December next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

India has assured that its assistance was neither "transitory" nor in "transition" to Afghanistan, which said it was looking forward to increasing training and capacity building of its security forces apart from equipping them with help from India. The two countries also set in motion the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, inked...