US seeks India Afghan strategic partnership document like deal

New Delhi, October 13 (ANI): US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman has said that the US is trying to negotiate a deal similar to the strategic partnership document that India had signed with Afghanistan. Grossman said this after discussing investment and interests pertaining to Afghanistan, with Indian officials, including India's Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, India''s Special Envoy on Afghanistan S K Lamba and India's Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, in New Delhi. He added investment by the Indian private sector into Afghanistan was of extreme importance and could lay the foundation of a new silk road.