PM Modi extends greetings to Afghans, President Ghani on 101st Independence Day

On eve of Afghanistan's 101st Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his greetings to President Ashraf Ghani and his country-folks in a tweet on Tuesday. 

PM Modi said India supports Afghanistan's aspiration to shape its own destiny for a better future and its pursuit "for a just society free from menace of terrorism".

Although Afghanistan was never part of British Empire, it gained its independence from Britain after signing of Anglo-Afghan Treaty in 1919 – a treaty that granted complete neutral relations between Afghanistan and Britain. Britain h fought three wars to establish its dominance on  subcontinent's rth-west flank to secure its Raj in India from Russian aggression and in 1880, won influence over Kabul's foreign and defence policy.

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Kabul on Tuesday faced a big terror attack as well as a success against a torious terror group. Multiple rockets hit capital city, including near diplomatic district, which houses several foreign embassies, as per reports. blasts shook Kabul a day before independence day.

According to reports, diplomatic district was immediately placed under lockdown, and staff and workers at embassies took cover in safe rooms. casualties are t yet clear and group has taken responsibility for basts so far.

Meanwhile, Abdullah Orakzai, designated “chief judge” of ISIS Khorasan, was killed in a complex operation by Afghan forces, said Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS). intelligence ncy didn’t share time and location of major counter-terrorism operation after recently eliminating Pakistan-origin terrorist.

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