US seeks greater role for India in Afghanistan

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India and Afghanistan have covertly aided the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Geo TV reported Sunday quoting an official report. It said that 23 arrested militants of the group allegedly confessed they had links with Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India favours greater and continuing international focus and attention on developmental and security issues concerning Afghanistan and its neighbours, saying this is necessary and would be helpful in the long term. Revealing this stance during an interaction with the media on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday ruled out any military involvement in Afghanistan and underlined the need for greater international cooperation in restoring stability to the violence-torn country. "Nobody has suggested that India should get militarily involved.

May 13th, 2009 Obama seeks to block release of detainee photosWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan.

May 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The US has managed to convince Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that India is not playing a negative role in Afghanistan and that Islamabad should not be 'unduly concerned' about this, a commentary in a leading English daily said Monday. Contrary to what Zardari said before he left Pakistan, 'he is coming back after being convinced by Washington that India is not playing a negative role in Afghanistan and that Pakistan should not be unduly concerned about it', eminent journalist Ansar Abbasi wrote in The News.

May 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Stating that India has a crucial role to play in rebuilding Afghanistan, a former top US official has said it would be a 'major mistake' to prevent New Delhi from contributing to the development of the war-ravaged country at the insistence of Pakistan. 'I don't think we can afford to turn down assistance from great countries like India.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former US Ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, on Tuesday asserted that it was high time that both India and the US holds discussions on how to deal with a turbulent and chaotic situation in Pakistan. ddressing a conclave on the future of India-US ties in New Delhi, Blackwill also called for enlargement of India's role in Afghanistan as he said the American forces should work out on an exit policy from that country.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With India a 'vital leader' in the region, the US Wednesday maintained it was not pressuring New Delhi on its ties with Islamabad and would like to see a greater role for this country in Afghanistan, even as it said India had been consulted on President Barrack Obama's new Af-Pak strategy. 'The subject (India-Pakistan ties) did not come up,' Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said at a joint press conference here with Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, after talks with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pointing to India's 'critical role' in the region, the US Wednesday clearly stated that it was not pressuring New Delhi on its ties with Islamabad, even as it sought a greater role for this country in Afghanistan. 'The subject (India-Pakistan ties) did not come up,' Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said at a joint press conference here with Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, after talks with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With American President Barack Obama's new strategy envisaging a bigger role for India in stabilising Afghanistan, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke comes here next week to explore ways in which New Delhi could help in defeating the Taliban - a common enemy. Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is likely to be in India April 7, official sources told IANS.

March 17th, 2009 BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) Monday said it was willing to address the challenges facing Afghanistan in the context of a wider regional approach, EuAsiaNews reported. 'Fostering stability in Afghanistan is in the interest of all countries in the region and the international community,' the EU said in a statement during a meeting of the 27-member grouping's foreign ministers here.

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will press the US to sustain pressure on Pakistan to do more to bring the Mumbai terrorists to justice, when US envoy Richard Holbrooke meets Indian officials Monday. India and the US will also discuss ways of bringing stability to Afghanistan.

February 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US special envoy Richard Holbrooke will visit Pakistan, Afghanistan and India after a security conference in Germany this week, the State Department said Wednesday. The envoy left for London Wednesday and will travel from the British capital to Germany's Munich, where he is due to take part in the annual conference on international security policy, State Department Spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The US should deny the Pakistani army all aid till it cooperates fully with the international community in controlling the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan, India's former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra said here Thursday. 'The Pakistan Army can't survive without aid and the economic support of the US,' Mishra said here at a discussion on 'Future directions of US' relations with India and the region'.

January 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Advocating a regional approach to Afghanistan, the US defence chief has said that India has an important role to play there despite historic tensions with Pakistan accentuated by Mumbai terror attacks. In 'Afghanistan, a regional approach is critical.