Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated India's commitment to helping the war-torn country strengthen its education, health, agriculture and other sectors during talks with Afghanistan's Caped President 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. ..In a joint statement, India announced the $1 billion offer, but there was no mention of providing weapons to help Afghanistan fight holy warriors, which it has previously asked for.
Modi and Ghani called in the statement for an end to sponsorship and support of holy warriors.
They did not name Pakistain, but they have previously accused their neighbour of supporting Islamic Lion of Islams.
"The two leaders discussed the regional situation and expressed grave concern at continued use of terrorism and violence in the region for achieving political objectives," Indian foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said.
"They called upon the concerned to put an end to all sponsorship, support, safe havens and sanctuaries to terrorists, including for those who target Afghanistan and India," he told news hounds.
The Afghan government has accused Pakistain of supporting the Taliban, while Delhi says Pakistain supports rebels crossing the border into Indian-controlled Kashmire -- claims that Islamabad denies.
Ghani is expected to give a speech to a think tank on "global terrorism" later Wednesday as part of his two-day visit to the capital.
India, the fifth largest bilateral donor in Afghanistan, has been a key supporter of Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title
Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
's government and has poured more than $2 billion into the country since the Taliban was toppled in 2001.
Delhi's active engagement has led analysts to point to the threat of a "proxy war" in Afghanistan between India and its arch-rival Pakistain.
Pakistain has long been accused of supporting the gunnies in Afghanistan.