New Delhi: In the backdrop of NATO troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is keen to enhance defence cooperation with India and get supply of 'lethal and non-lethal' weapons. Karzai held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night and gave him a wishlist for military supplies.
Karzai's other problem is Pakistan which has influence over elements of the Afghan Taliba, that is where Delhi's support for an Afghan-led process is critical for the country's stability.
Meanwhile, Karzai made it clear that Afghanistan doesn't need Indian troops for peacekeeping, however, asked Delhi to continue to train Afghan police and military in India.
Karzai also invites Indian officers to train at soon-to-be ready Military academy in Kabul. Apart from extensive developmental assistance programme, which now stands at around $2 billion, India also provides training in capacity building to 2,000 Afghans every year....
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02:10 PM, May 22, 2013
Washington: The US on Monday welcomed India's generous bilateral assistance to Afghanistan but remained non-committal on reports about Kabul seeking supply of military equipment from New Delhi. "We welcome efforts by Afghanistan's neighbours and other regional actors to promote Afghanistan's stability and economic development," State Department spokesperson Patrick Ventrell told reporters. He was responding to questions on the India visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai during which according to media...
09:56 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the country on Monday on a three-day visit during which he will seek increased military aid from India and discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan. "We will ask for assistance for the strengthening of our security forces," Karzai's spokesman had said in a briefing on Saturday in Kabul ahead of the trip. Karzai, who arrived in Punjab on the first leg of...
10:49 PM, May 20, 2013
The assembly writing Egypt's constitution said it could wrap up a final draft later on Wednesday, a move the Muslim Brotherhood sees as a way out of a crisis over a decree by President Mohamed Mursi that protesters say gives him dictatorial powers. ...
02:45 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Washington: In a latest jab at Pakistan by the US, the House of Representatives has unanimously voted to cut American military aid to Islamabad by $650 million as Republicans sought to tamp down demands for deeper reductions. The amendment to cut the aid, which was proposed by Republican Congressman Ted Poe, passed on the floor in a voice vote. Poe had demanded a $1.3 billion cut, but settled for the...
11:29 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Cairo: Islamist Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected President whose powers have been curbed by the military, toured his palatial new residence - where ousted leader Hosni Mubarak once lived - and began work on Monday to form a coalition government. Declared winner on Sunday, a week after a nail-biting run-off vote that pitted him against an ex-military officer, the Islamist faces the challenge of meeting sky-high expectations in a...
08:08 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Washington: A House panel on Wednesday moved to cut the foreign aid budget by some 9 percent, targeting economic aid and contributions to the United Nations and the World Bank. Despite the cuts, the legislation won bipartisan backing from the Appropriations foreign aid panel, though it's sure to draw a White House veto threat because it's in line with a broader GOP spending plan that breaks faith with last summer's...
07:21 PM, May 10, 2012
Washington: Following a request from Turkey, the US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has ordered his European Command to provide humanitarian relief supplies to the victims of last week's devastating earthquake. The United States has received a request from the Turkish government for humanitarian support in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Van province earlier this week, Navy Capt John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said. "As a result, and...
09:55 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Washington: US Special Representative for Afghanistan-Pakistan Marc Grossman met Pakistan's ISI chief Lt-Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, who was in the US to defuse mounting tensions between the two sides over a slew of incidents, including suspension of $ 800 million in military aid to Islamabad. "I can confirm the meeting took place, but I don't have readout of the meeting," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily...
11:15 AM, Jul 16, 2011
Washington: The US has told Pakistan that the hold on its military aid worth $ 800 million to Islamabad would be lifted as soon as it addresses America's concern on visas and defence trainers. "There is an ongoing review, as there always is about Coalition Support Fund reimbursements. So these things are just ongoing. I would not characterise it as dramatic," Pentagon spokesperson Marine Lt Col Dave Lapan told reporters...
12:01 PM, Jul 14, 2011
Islamabad: ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha on Wednesday left for the US in a bid to revive security ties affected by recent events, including the suspension of $ 800 million of military aid to Pakistan. "Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence, has proceeded to USA for a day-long visit to coordinate intelligence matters," said a brief statement from the military. It did not give...
10:55 AM, Jul 13, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday threatened to pull back its troops from the border with Afghanistan, as Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar said his country could not afford to keep forces deployed there following the suspension of US military assistance. Reacting to the Obama Administration's decision to suspend $ 800 million aid to Pakistan, Mukhtar said this would force the country to pull back troops from nearly 1,100 check posts set...
03:13 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Washington: Pakistan must take certain steps which the US has often 'outlined' to ensure the delivery of American military assistance to Islamabad, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. "The government of Pakistan must take certain steps, and we have outlined those steps on more than one occasion, to ensure that we can deliver all the military assistance that the United States has discussed with Pakistan," Clinton told reporters at a...
09:53 AM, Jul 12, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's army chief said on Thursday that billions of dollars in US aid to fund the military's fight against Islamist militants should be diverted to help ordinary Pakistanis, a possible attempt to boost the military's popularity following the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's comments, made in a meeting with his top commanders, were also a jab at the US, which has pushed Pakistan...
11:13 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Washington: The US will provide Pakistan with more military, intelligence and economic aid, even though top officials of the Obama administration feel that the country is not doing enough to crack down on terror havens in its tribal belt. Vice-president Joseph Biden will deliver the message outlining the new aid package when he visits Pakistan next week, The 'Washington Post' reported today. Biden's visit, the paper said, is considered significant...
12:43 PM, Jan 08, 2011
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Government on Monday said that it will provide all assistance to the armed forces to protect every inch of its territory. ...
01:13 PM, Jul 26, 2010
![US aid to Pak being misused against us: India]( "US aid to Pak being misused against us: India")
Government on Monday said that it will provide all assistance to the armed forces to protect every inch of its territory. ...
01:13 PM, Jul 26, 2010
Billions of dollars have been given to Pakistan as military assistance. ...
01:30 PM, Apr 30, 2010
The Bill for 2010 eliminates some of the waste, inefficiency, says Obama. ...
05:11 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Pakistan said it would not brook any interference in its internal affairs. ...
08:57 AM, Oct 07, 2009
