As a result, Panda said there is greater sensitivity and recognition of India’s constructive and developmental role in Afghanistan.
“This was not the case earlier. We can see that some of the (American) attitude (towards India s role in Afghanistan) is changing. They are much happier today about continuing and increasing India s investment in Afghanistan. The Americans used to be sensitive to Pakistan pressure until a year or two ago,” he said.
“The world knows the cross border terrorism that we face….this is connected to the Kashmir issue. In some of the discussions the issue came up about the violence of Kashmir and the concern, but it was the overall general concern about the rise of violence which we ourselves are concerned. We are tackling it,” he said.
Other members of the delegation are Anurag Thakur and Harish Chandra Meena from the BJP, Neeraj Shekhar from Samajwadi Party, Jayadev Galla from Telugu Desam Party and Rajeev Satav and Sushmita Dev from Indian National Congress.
During their stay here, the Indian MPs have had a series of meetings with top American lawmakers, officials of Obama Administration and top think-tanks.
Bilateral relationship between India and the US has transformed completely in the last decade and a half, he said, adding that it has bipartisan support in both the countries.
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