Posted on 08/04/2008 6:16:29 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India announced fresh aid of $450 million to Afghanistan for development projects on Monday and both countries vowed to fight terrorism, weeks after a deadly attack at the Indian embassy in Kabul.
Afghanistan, India and the United States have accused Pakistan's spy agency of being involved in the July bombing that killed at least 58 people, including two Indian diplomats.
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India said after the Kabul attack that the peace process with Pakistan was "under stress" because its traditional foe was "inciting terror" inside India and trying to hit its interests abroad.
Analysts say that Pakistan is worried about India's rising influence in Afghanistan, the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars of Indian development aid in recent years.
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"We will allocate an additional amount of $450 million over the $750 million announced so far to effectively meet the requirement of our ongoing and forthcoming projects," Singh added.
New Delhi was a key backer of Afghan forces led by the Northern Alliance which, along with the U.S. military, overthrew the Taliban, previously aided by Pakistan.
India is now involved in training Afghanistan's police and diplomats, building roads and hospitals, and supporting trade and services as Afghanistan tries to rebuild its war-ravaged economy, despite continuing Taliban attacks.
The Afghan intelligence agency accuses Pakistani agents of training militants to attack Indian road projects in Afghanistan. A number of Indian road workers have been killed in Afghanistan.
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My impression is that India needs the money as bad as Afghanistan does.
Buying influence.
Afghanistan is useful in keeping Pakistan busy.
Nope. India had gotten out of the World Bank soverign debt and begging bowl policy a long time ago.
India is the second largest donor to Afghanistan, after us.
To understand India’s interest in Afghanistan you have to understand history..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814
Good. I'm impressed.
From what I have seen and heard, India is quite the crap hole. They could use the money themselves.
It’s not about the money. It’s about influence, which is worth more than the money.
Hey, misery loves company I guess. I am simply stating what I have seen, and what my brother who has been there told me. It would definately be best if you kept whatever money you have to yourselves. The poverty we have in America is nothing compared to you have in your Country. Yes I used crude language, sorry about that, I generally call ‘em like I see ‘em.
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