India, Afghanistan plan air cargo link over Pakistan


  • World
  • Saturday, 03 Dec 2016

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave to the media outside Hyderabad House in Delhi, India, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - India and Afghanistan are likely to announce an air cargo service on Saturday to help increase trade that both say is stymied because of their tense political relations with Pakistan that lies between them.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were meeting in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, a short distance from the Pakistan border, for the Heart of Asia conference aimed at stabilising Afghanistan.

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