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Indian Prime Minister to visit Afghanistan
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Afghanistan from Sunday, marking the first visit there by an Indian leader in nearly three decades, it was announced on Tuesday. The last such visit was when Indira Gandhi visited Kabul in 1976.External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said Singh during his two day visit will hold talks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and other leaders on Indiaâs assistance programme to the country as well as the regional situation. India is helping the war ravaged countryâs reconstruction and is involved in transportation, roads and power transmission projects as well as rebuilding of mosques in the country. The Indian premier will also call on Baba-e-Millat (Father of nation), former King Zahir Shah. During Singhâs visit, King Zahir Shah would lay the foundation stone for Afghan Parliament building, to be constructed with Indiaâs assistance. Singh and Karzai will hand over an elite school, the Habibia School, renovated under Indiaâs assistance programme, to Afghan authorities. Posted by: Steve White 2005-08-24 |
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