New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Thursday, October 06, 2011 –> The strategic pact that New Delhi has just signed with Kabul has formalised a bigger role for India in Afghanistan and put Pakistan on notice about its policy of using militant proxies, setting the stage for sharpened rivalry with Islamabad in the run up to the draw-down of US troops by 2014. The Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai brings together different strands of existing dialogue mechanisms in an overarching framework to spur greater political and economic interaction across a broader spectrum. The pact envisages regular summits, an annual security…
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India’s Afghan pact puts Pakistan on notice