India And Afghanistan To Train Police Together, Sign Pact

India and Afghanistan today (28 September) signed a pact on technical cooperation in the field of police training and development. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was exchanged after a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.

During the meeting, Modi reiterated India's commitment to extend full support to Afghanistan's efforts for building a peaceful, united, prosperous, inclusive and democratic Afghanistan, the PMO said in a statement.

"They welcomed the accelerated cooperation, including through the recent announcement of a new development partnership during the meeting of the bilateral Strategic Partnership Council in New Delhi," the statement said.

Abdullah conveyed Afghanistan's deep appreciation for India's continuing support for infrastructure development and capacity building in Afghanistan.

India has been helping trouble-torn Afghanistan in capacity building besides extending assistance in social, medical and educational fields. It has, however, ruled out sending its troops to Afghanistan despite the desire of the US.

Only two days back, US Defence Secretary James Mattis, during a visit here, had said, "we applaud Indias invaluable contribution to Afghanistan and welcome further efforts to promote its democracy, stability and security".

During the meeting, Abdullah presented Modi with a mosaic portrait prepared by an Afghan master craftsman, the statement said.

Abdullah, who is on a two-day working visit which started this morning, also met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. PTI