Trump wants India to help in Af |
US President Donald Trump reached out to India seeking an enhanced role for New Delhi, especially in the economic field, to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. India, the world`s largest democracy, is a key security and economic partner of the United States, the US President said. He appreciated India`s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in trade with the United States, and US wants India to help more with Afghanistan, especially in the area of economic assistance and development. Trump cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan, backtracking from his promise to swiftly end America`s longest war, while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to "agents of chaos. "Trump discarded his previous criticism of the 16-year-old war as a waste of time and money, admitting things looked different from "behind the desk in the Oval Office. "While Trump refused to offer detailed troop numbers, senior White House officials said he had already authorized his defense secretary to deploy up to 3,900 more troops to Afghanistan.
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