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India Provides Afghanistan arms worth $3 million Sunday December 24, 2006 (0159 PST) NEW DELHI: As the security situation deteriorates in Afghanistan with a rise in Taliban-instigated violence, India has given non-lethal military equipment worth $3 million to shore up the Afghan National Army (ANA). Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood handed over the equipment to Afghan Defence Minister General (Retd) Abdul Rahim Wardak at the Logistics Depot of ANA in the Afghan capital earlier this month. The goods donated by India included 2,500 bullet-proof jackets, 2,500 bullet-proof helmets, 150 bullet-proof observation towers (machan), 1,000 sets of Laser Aim Points and 15,000 units of spool plastic with punched tape. Other non-lethal items included wire cutters, mine detectors, magnetic and non-magnetic long prodders. While handing them over, the Indian envoy underlined "historically close and friendly ties between India and Afghanistan" and elaborated on the wide-ranging and extensive nature of New Delhi's aid to Afghanistan in areas as diverse as building roads, schools and hospitals. Gen Wardak thanked India for the much-needed military equipment and stressed on enduring relations between the two countries. India has pledged $650 million for the socio-economic reconstruction of Afghanistan and has helped with training for Afghan Army officers. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has discussed with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the resurgence of the Taliban and the threat it poses to the security and stability of his country. This has been the most violent year in Afghanistan since the US ousted the Taliban government in 2001, killing over 4,000 people. At present, 21 ANA officers are attending various training programmes in India. In 2007, 49 more officers will be trained. As part of military assistance to Afghanistan worth around $10 million, India had earlier provided 300 vehicles, 25 tonnes of winter clothing, 277 packages of medicines as well as musical instruments. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
