Afghanistan President’s India visit

Talks between visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 October 2017 has included training of Afghan defence and security forces personnel with India having agreed to “extend further assistance depending upon the needs of the Afghan defence and police forces”. The two leaders also agreed that “renunciation of violence and terror and closure of cross border safe havens and sanctuaries were essential for any meaningful progress and lasting peace (in Afghanstan)”, a clear but veiled reference once again to Pakistan’s role in fomenting violence in the strife-torn country.