Border tensions in region impact Afghanistan: Dr Abdullah on India-China standoff

In an exclusive interview with India Today TV's Foreign Affairs Editor Geeta Mohan, Afghanistan's Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Dr Abdullah Abdullah said any tensions in the region does impact Afghanistan. The following reaction was to a question on the current border standoff tensions between India and China, as both - New Delhi and Beijing - are development partners of Kabul.

"India has sent Afghanistan aid and been part of the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan. Nearly three billion dollars of assistance has been received, while India is not one of those conventional donor countries. That is appreciated and so are all other aspects of their support," Abdullah Abdullah told India Today.