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Afghanistan turns to India for army choppers, likely to rile Pak
In a bid to strengthen its military against Taliban insurgency, Afghanistan is set to acquire four attack helicopters from India. The small but significant deal is being seen as a shift in Kabul’s search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
Soon after he took over, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held off military assistance from India while he courted Pakistan’s political and military leadership to end years of mutual hostility and steer the Taliban, many of who live in Pakistan, toward negotiations.
But a wave of bombings in Kabul that Ghani said were plotted in Pakistan, followed by the Taliban encircling major cities including briefly taking over Kunduz in the north, has prompted a scramble to shore up support in the region.
Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...to-rile-pak/story-4wu4mvJpljUh0sgkyM7XYO.html
In a bid to strengthen its military against Taliban insurgency, Afghanistan is set to acquire four attack helicopters from India. The small but significant deal is being seen as a shift in Kabul’s search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan.
Soon after he took over, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held off military assistance from India while he courted Pakistan’s political and military leadership to end years of mutual hostility and steer the Taliban, many of who live in Pakistan, toward negotiations.
But a wave of bombings in Kabul that Ghani said were plotted in Pakistan, followed by the Taliban encircling major cities including briefly taking over Kunduz in the north, has prompted a scramble to shore up support in the region.
Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...to-rile-pak/story-4wu4mvJpljUh0sgkyM7XYO.html
