India to continue support for capacity-building of Afghan security forces: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that "the relationship between India and Afghanistan is not just between two countries or governments. It is a timeless link of human hearts".

Addressing a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in New Delhi, the PM said that "we admire the courage and resolve of the Afghan people to seek a future of peace and prosperity".

"The partnership between India and Afghanistan has blossomed despite barriers of geography and politics," PM Modi said.

"We have a shared interest in the success of an Afghan-led and owned process, within framework of the Afghan Constitution," the PM said, adding, "We hope to quickly conclude bilateral Motor Vehicle pact and I am also ready to take forward the Chabahar port project."

PM Modi also assured the Afghanistan president that India will "continue its support for capacity building of Afghan security forces".

"India will walk shoulder to shoulder with you and the Afghan people in a mission of global importance," the PM said adding, "We share Afghanistan's pain over persisting terrorism and extremist violence that destroy lives and derail progress."

President Ashraf Ghani said, "We are determined to change regional nature of cooperation,terror cannot be classified into good or bad."

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