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Ghani calls Modi after militants attack left 18 soldiers dead in Kashmir
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Afghanistan's Caped President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..called the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following a deadly attack by turbans that left 18 Indian soldiers dead in Indian administered Kashmire. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister Office of India, President Ghani condemned the "cross border attack" in Uri while expressing solidarity with India to eliminate the threat of terrorism. "Mr. Ghani strongly condemned the cross-border terror attack and conveyed Afghanistan’s solidarity and support with India for all actions to eliminate the threat of terrorism," the statement said. Heavily armed turbans suspected to be from Pakistain-based JeM had stormed an Army base in Uri in Kashmire on Sunday, killing 18 soldiers. Earlier the National Security Council of Afghanistan called for the isolation of the perpetrators and those orchestrated the attack. "Terrorism is a common threat to the entire region&world;thus,requires joint fight to eliminate terrorists&isolate those who sponsor them," the Afghanistan National Security Council (NSC) said in a statement. The statement further added that "the people of Afghanistan been long victims of terrorism, so we can feel the pain of those who have lost their loved ones in today’s attack at Uri." Posted by: Fred 2016-09-22 |
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