Karzai to meet PM today; may seek military aid

May 21, 2013 09:33

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who arrived in the national capital on Monday on a three-day visit, is set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.

According to government sources, the Afghanistan President is expected to seek increased military aid for his country. Karzai was on Monday conferred an honorary degree at a professional university in Phagwara in Chandigarh.

"We will ask for assistance for the strengthening of our security forces," Karzai's spokesman had said in a briefing on Saturday in Kabul ahead of the trip.

Afghanistan and India had signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2011 that included military training of Afghan security forces.

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