Indian, Afghan Leaders Urge End to Terror Support

“Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammed, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan … and other foreign terrorist fighters”.

The declaration also stressed on the urgent need to respond to the “serious” challenges posed by the nexus between revenue and its financial support for terrorist entities in Afghanistan, the HOA region as well as globally.

December 4 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. In this context, he quoted a top Taliban terrorist who said unless terror sanctuaries were allowed in Pakistan, the group will not last even a month. The brunt borne by Pakistan (in the fight against terrorism) after 9/11 incident in the United States was known to all, he concluded.

Pakistani High Commissioner revealed that Pakistan had offered great sacrifices for Afghanistan.

Modi was not as blunt as his Afghan guest.

“We must demonstrate strong collective will to defeat terror networks that cause bloodshed and spread fear”, Modi added.

He said there were spontaneous celebrations all over Afghanistan following the inauguration of Salma Dam by Modi and him in Aghanistan’s Herat province in June. He said not much should be read into his informal interactions with Jaitley and Doval.

“The growing arc of terrorist violence endangers our entire region”, Modi warned, urging Islamabad to do more to curb militant activity and sanctuaries in its territory.

“The two leaders reviewed the progress on recent decisions to deepen bilateral economic cooperation and strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries”, said Swarup.

The Afghan President said, “I don’t want a blame game, I want clarifications on what is being done to prevent the export of terror”.

We encourage the global community to continue to assist the Government of Afghanistan. “No amount of money can assist us if there is support to terrorists by Pakistan”, the Afghan leader told the gathering in which representatives of 14 nations including Pakistan took part.

However, Pakistan’s de facto foreign policy chief felt Ghani’s statement was incomprehensible and condemnable, and contended that it was meant to “please India”.

India had tried and failed to get these groups mentioned in the Goa Declaration issued at the end of the BRICS Summit in Goa.

India and Iran signed a bilateral agreement in May 2016 to refurbish the port on the Gulf of Oman that is expected to provide an alternative route for New Delhi-Kabul trade.

He said India’s support for Afghanistan will continue for the foreseeable future.

Briefing media persons, Mr Ghani thanked India for its consistent support to Afghanistan.

█ India’s assistance transparent and with no strings attached.