- Title: Afghan envoy hails Trump's new Afghanistan strategy
- Date: 22nd August 2017
- Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (FILE - JULY 31, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CONVOY OF AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES LEAVING ATTACK SITE VARIOUS OF A SOLDIER HOLDING WEAPON CONVOY OF SECURITY VEHICLES DRIVING BY SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL SECURITY PERSONNEL GUARDING AREA ARMY HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD CONVOY OF SECURITY PERSONNEL LEAVING ATTACK SITE AMBULANCE DRIVING PAST
- Embargoed: 5th September 2017 15:05
- Keywords: Afghanistan war U.S. President Donald Trump India cross border militancy in Pakistan
- Location: NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA/KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- City: NEW DELHI/AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA/KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: India
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026V8ORBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Afghanistan's Ambassador to India, Shaida Abdali, has praised President Donald Trump's decision to commit U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, on Tuesday (August 22).
Trump offered few specifics in a speech on Monday (August 21) but promised a stepped-up military campaign against the Taliban who have gained ground against U.S.-backed Afghan government forces.
Trump also reached out to India and sought New Delhi's help to develop Afghanistan which the Afghan envoy considered a positive step.
Relations between Afghanistan and India received a major boost in 2011 with the signing of a strategic partnership agreement, Afghanistan's first since the Soviet invasion of 1979. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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