Karzai seals strategic pact with India

The political leaders of Afghanistan and India have forged closer ties between their nations by signing a "strategic partnership" following talks in New Delhi.

The agreement, announced on Tuesday after Afghan President Hamid Karzai's meeting with Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, is the first such pact between Afghanistan and another country and aims to boost trade, security and cultural links between the countries.

Karzai, speaking at a press conference with Singh, stressed again that "terrorism and radicalism" were being used "as an instrument of policy against our citizens".

Al Jazeera's Prerna Suri reports from New Delhi, India.

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[exiquio]

isn't this interesting given the build up for confrontation with Pakistan from the US.

[farison2941]

Pakistan is an evil country there are some good Muslims living in Pakistan and those are a very small percent the rest are just with Muslim names evil minds once supported Taliban now against them they give top Taliban commanders place in Pakistan when the time came to beg US for money so they handed them to US in reward but supports terrorism around the world not only in Afghanistan and insurgency in Afghanistan cause its their door step Afghanistan will never b in peace because of pakistan

[waterfallsfalls]

The name pistan (PAKISTAN) never even existed when India and Afghan were brothers all long

Remove Peestan once and for all

[786Ykhan]

Good Luck to Afghan People, I am Pakistani,

All i can Say to you is Good Luck to you,

hope you have a prosperous future

Afghanistan is a independent country it has the right to sign pact with whom ever they want.

We Pakistanis will always welcome them with open arms, our relationship is fraternal, same blood (Pashtun), our relationship is unbreakable meaning (people to people),

i spent my childhood playing with afghans in the refugee camps, and i have a bond with them.

[killerme44]

Porkistan wl b fucked in no time.bombs are ready.

[krisstopher07]

Wait, What the Fuck!? If the US goes to war with Pakistan, India would back us up but Karzai said Afghanistan would support Pakistan but Afghanistan has a pact with India so what the fuck would happen if the US does go to war with Pakistan!?

[nafaidni]

One of the only countries that suffers more from Pakistan's state-sponsored terrorism than India...

[lastdropofpoison]

@myusnavy

let me rephrase it for you..

he is pro india coz india is financially strong and donot infilitrate taliban militant in afganistan

[manq211]

@vaibhav371 although Afghanistan shares a border with china, and not with India, Afghanistan is more closer to India culturally and historically. During the ancient times Afghanistan was the center of buddhist empires, and also Indian, and during the middle ages afghan kingdoms expanded to India, once again connecting ancient people, the most visible sign of this would be the influence of Persian language on Hindi and more on Urdu. Afghanistan will never recognize Pakistan and durand line,

[vaibhav371]

I guess Pakistan would be a more appropriate holy place for Muslims who go to Mecca. If muslims want to throw stones, then can have live enemies in front of them. they can stone them to death these Fanatic, Jihadis cannot benefit any other community existing on this mother earth. i would urge Mr. Obama to just Nuke this failed state and let the blessings of God prevail through out the world.

[vaibhav371]

Afghanistan people have equal rights to chose their future& India is just helping them rebuild one of the most ancient civilizations once existed on earth. Pakistan is sooner going to collapse. the countdown has begun. their economy has totally collapsed. Business is running on the production of Drugs & narcotics.Strategic partnership of india wid Afghan will help securing afghan people from ISI, Al quaeda,Taliban & other Fanatic Islamic Jihadis. Morons,i dont know which holy war they r fighing

[RayKalmNiam]

@myusnavy You're blocked because you have typical American thoughts and spew typical American lies.