India hits out at Pakistan for blocking Indo-Afghan trade

India has hit out at Pakistan for blocking Indo-Afghan trade via Attari border for political reasons. Addressing a meeting on 'Regional Integration and Prosperity' at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar said, nations cannot become walls aborting trade and culture that is as old as written history. India had offered a special facility at the Attari border for Afghan products coming to India via Pakistan.

The Minister said, New Delhi will continue to work with



Afghanistan for assured and reliable access for its products to Indian markets through land, sea and air. Mr Akbar also said, the scale of terrorism and violence unleashed against Afghanistan is of a magnitude that simply does not allow for easy project implementation, efficient delivery of assistance or the rapid inflow of investments into an economy that has huge resources and obvious potential. He said, the international community must ensure security if it wants stability and economic development in Afghanistan.