India warns against hurry in troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/India-warns-against-hurry-in-troop-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan/articleshow/10182046.cms

UNITED NATIONS: Expressing concern over the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, India today warned against any "hurry" in withdrawing troops from the country, saying such a move should be done keeping in mind the ground realities and not just to meet any deadline.

"For peace, stability and security in Afghanistan, it is imperative that the ongoing transition must be linked to the ground realities rather than rigid timetables. This, the international community in its hurry to withdraw from a combat role in Afghanistan, will ignore at its own peril," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri said.

Pointing out that extremist groups continue to attack high-security targets and assassinate important political figures such as former president Burhanudin Rabbani, Puri said gains on the security front cannot be consolidated unless the international community is able to firmly deal with safe havens for terrorist groups outside Afghanistan's borders.

He said the "syndicate of terrorism" including al-Qaida, LeT and other extremist groups operating from within and outside Afghan borders must be rooted out for stability in the country.

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1. India likes it that we're bombing Pakistan

Mr. Ghandi would be so disappointed.

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2. How Much? How Many?

And how much has India spent in occupying Afghanistan? And how many of their people have been killed or wounded there?

India is like a lot of neocons in the United States--war is fine as long as their people don't have to fight them.