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Said Aziz Sadat, representing the Ministry of Mines of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan displays a semi-precious Lapis Lazuli stone found in the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.

The price of greater Indian involvement in Afghanistan | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is heading to India, and one of the things Washington is looking at is how can regional players such as India do more in Afghanistan. “As we are doing more, of...

The Hindu : Front Page : We have no agenda in Afghanistan: India NEW DELHI: India on Monday told the United States that it had no agenda in Afghanistan except seeing it emerge as a stable and peaceful country. To this end, India would continue to work in Afghanistan on development...

Rising Indian influence in Afghanistan worries US and Pakistan The top US military commander in Afghanistan has warned that India’s growing influence in the country could “exacerbate regional tensions” and encourage “countermeasures” by Pakistan, India’s historic rival in south Asia. In...

The Hindu : News / National : U.S. sees rising Indian influence in Afghanistan as problem In the clearest statement to date of Washington’s reservations about the rising Indian economic and political profile in Afghanistan, the top American general in charge of the war against the Taliban and...