Afghanistan, India to set up partnership council

[King Julien]

Afghanistan, India to set up partnership council​

NEW DELHI: India and Afghanistan have decided to establish a new dialogue architecture to further improve bilateral ties and bring renewed focus to rebuilding and restoration of the war-ravaged country.

At a meeting between External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Afghan counterpart, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, late on Tuesday, the two sides agreed to set up an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council that will consist of seven groups.

The intention behind initiating official-level dialogue in the seven areas — political consultation, capacity development and education, power and water, culture, trade and industry, health and agriculture — is to “harness greater institutional support” for implementing ongoing programmes and expand development, cooperation between the two countries, said a joint statement issued after the interaction between the Ministers.

The dialogue will cover most of the areas where India is assisting Afghanistan. With about 4,000 Indians in Afghanistan, India is building several key roads, helping Kabul build its new parliament building, train Afghan police officers, diplomats and civil servants and provide support in health, education, transportation, power and telecommunications.

The resolve to set up new avenues for talks takes forward the high-level interaction between the two sides earlier this year, a few months after the Mumbai attacks, during which the focus was on terrorism. This time too, both sides highlighted terrorism as the most important security threat facing the region and reiterated their resolve to combat it. The Afghanistan Foreign Minister called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and met National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest. With a few weeks left before Afghanistan votes, Dr. Singh expressed India’s support for building a democratic and pluralistic nation.
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"Evil Indians"

 

[LiberalPakistani]

Afghanistan, India to set up partnership council​

NEW DELHI: India and Afghanistan have decided to establish a new dialogue architecture to further improve bilateral ties and bring renewed focus to rebuilding and restoration of the war-ravaged country.

At a meeting between External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Afghan counterpart, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, late on Tuesday, the two sides agreed to set up an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council that will consist of seven groups.

The intention behind initiating official-level dialogue in the seven areas — political consultation, capacity development and education, power and water, culture, trade and industry, health and agriculture — is to “harness greater institutional support” for implementing ongoing programmes and expand development, cooperation between the two countries, said a joint statement issued after the interaction between the Ministers.

The dialogue will cover most of the areas where India is assisting Afghanistan. With about 4,000 Indians in Afghanistan, India is building several key roads, helping Kabul build its new parliament building, train Afghan police officers, diplomats and civil servants and provide support in health, education, transportation, power and telecommunications.

The resolve to set up new avenues for talks takes forward the high-level interaction between the two sides earlier this year, a few months after the Mumbai attacks, during which the focus was on terrorism. This time too, both sides highlighted terrorism as the most important security threat facing the region and reiterated their resolve to combat it. The Afghanistan Foreign Minister called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and met National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest. With a few weeks left before Afghanistan votes, Dr. Singh expressed India’s support for building a democratic and pluralistic nation.
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"Evil Indians"

blah blah you can build roads making our work easy while we prepare US to leave guess what Mullah Omar is back its going to be a dark day for Indian's in Afganistan we will again start controlling Afganistan like its our 5th province like we did a decade ago its not that much of a problem to us either way its India's loss.

 

[third eye]

blah blah you can build roads making our work easy while we prepare US to leave guess what Mullah Omar is back its going to be a dark day for Indian's in Afganistan we will again start controlling Afganistan like its our 5th province like we did a decade ago its not that much of a problem to us either way its India's loss.

This is the approach & thought that has bought Pk to most of the grief it now finds itself in.

 

[LiberalPakistani]

This is the approach & thought that has bought Pk to most of the grief it now finds itself in.

this was never an apporach there was a meeting between High level Pakistan Officals inculding General Zia ,Hameed Gul and many more the Afgan's are asking to be a Pakistan's 5th province but General Zia never accepted the agreement it was between the Taliban and Pakistan and that time Taliban was in Government.Pakistan has its interest in Afganistan a trade interest and much more 22% of Pakistan's share the same heritage as Afgan's so that was my point.

EDIT - stop being a one hard liner it waste bandwidth.

 

[sabir]

blah blah you can build roads making our work easy while we prepare US to leave guess what Mullah Omar is back its going to be a dark day for Indian's in Afganistan we will again start controlling Afganistan like its our 5th province like we did a decade ago its not that much of a problem to us either way its India's loss.

atlast you agreed Mullah Omar and his Taliban was your puppets who invade afganistan. Dont say again you want peace in the region. unfortunately, US is not showing any sign to leave before crushing your puppets.
I know you keep on shouting ..."Two Talibans ,...there are two types of taliban.." but fact is you are now bitten by your own dog.

 

[third eye]

this was never an apporach there was a meeting between High level Pakistan Officals inculding General Zia ,Hameed Gul and many more the Afgan's are asking to be a Pakistan's 5th province but General Zia never accepted the agreement it was between the Taliban and Pakistan and that time Taliban was in Government.Pakistan has its interest in Afganistan a trade interest and much more 22% of Pakistan's share the same heritage as Afgan's so that was my point.

EDIT - stop being a one hard liner it waste bandwidth.

This one is hard to swallow.

 

[EjazR]

blah blah you can build roads making our work easy while we prepare US to leave guess what Mullah Omar is back its going to be a dark day for Indian's in Afganistan we will again start controlling Afganistan like its our 5th province like we did a decade ago its not that much of a problem to us either way its India's loss.

Keep that coming and there is no reason why the Afghan government and Afghan people (including the Taliban) would have problems considering the Pakistani overnment as enemies.

Do you think the Afghan Taliban actually enjoy being called the 5th province of Pakistan?

 

[Omar1984]

Karzai and his government dont rule anything outside Kabul. Most of Afghanistan is still under Taliban rule..so India should ask Taliban about this partnership council not Karzai's government which only has control of Kabul not the entire Afghanistan.