Washington, May 18: Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah today dismissed charges that India was using the country to support anti-Pakistan elements, saying there was “misperception” in Islamabad regarding New Delhi’s role in the country.
Highly appreciative of India’s role in development work in his country, Abdullah said no country should have the authority to veto Afghanistan’s relations with another nation.
“In Pakistan there is a misperception of what India is doing in Afghanistan. They think that there are training camps led by Indians in Afghanistan for Baluchis and others. They think that there are perhaps several camps. Even the number of consulate and people working there, they (Pakistan) have got it wrong,” he said.
Abdullah was speaking at the US Institute of Peace, a Washington-based think tank, in response to a question.
–PTI