{"id":1301,"date":"2016-04-14T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taand.com\/en\/?p=1301"},"modified":"2016-05-01T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T17:19:10","slug":"us-indias-role-in-afghanistan-is-good-for-political-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1301","title":{"rendered":"US: India\u2019s role in Afghanistan is good for political stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US State Department has said that India\u2019s role in Afghanistan is good for political stability and economic prosperity in South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s deputy spokesman, Mark Toner, told a news briefing that US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson visited India last week.<\/p>\n<p>In New Delhi, he met members of the Indian government as well as civil society leaders and discussed a range of issues, including support for the government of Afghanistan and security forces as well as the Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace process. He then joined Secretary of State John Kerry who was in Afghanistan this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good for the region, it\u2019s good for the prosperity of the region, it\u2019s good for the economy of the region, and good for the political stability of the region,\u201d said Mr Toner when asked what role did the US see for India in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>He said the US \u201ccertainly\u201d appreciated the support that India had given for the people and the government of Afghanistan, including trade ties, security, development assistance, and India\u2019s role in promoting a stable and prosperous region. The United States, he said, would \u201calways encourage \u2026 India\u2019s involvement\u201d in Afghanistan as it was good for the entire region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US State Department has said that India\u2019s role in Afghanistan is good for political stability and economic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghan-news","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US: India\u2019s role in Afghanistan is good for political stability - Taand English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=1301\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US: India\u2019s role in Afghanistan is good for political stability - 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