Karzai meets UK Secretary of State

Posted on 11 months ago

KABUL (AIP): The Afghan President Hamid Karzai met the Secretary of State for the UK's Department for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, at the presidential palace here Tuesday .
On the occasion, President Hamid Karzai forwarded his grief over the killing of three British soldiers in Helmand province and extended his condolence to Andrew Mitchell and families of the fallen soldiers, a president's office statement available with the Afghan Islamic Press stated.
The UK's Secretary of State also expressed grief over the demise of British soldiers and vowed their killing would not affect the British resolve with Afghanistan.
"I have been assigned with participating in the Tokyo conference, Andrew Mitchell said.
He vowed his country would continue assisting Afghanistan under the framework of strategic partnership agreement.
President Hamid Karzai lauded the assistance of UK with the people of Afghanistan.
Hamid Karzai said his country was taking steps to maintain security in the country and to ensure transparent election.
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