India's concerns over talks with Taliban won't be overlooked:

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 24 2013 | 6:15 PM IST
The US today assured India that its concerns over Taliban insurgents gaining legitimacy without severing their terror links will neither be "overlooked or undermined" during the talks with the Islamic fundamentalist group.
This emerged after the 4th round of Indo-US Strategic Dialogue here that was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and his American counterpart John Kerry and covered key strategic issues of security, defence, nuclear cooperation and trade ties.
Khurshid, at a joint presser with Kerry, said "this (proposed talks with Taliban) is an experiment that is being done in order to find an alternative for sustainable peace in Afghanistan. One cannot disagree with the issues or dimensions or aspects which are of concern to us. I must say with gratitude that the Secretary of State himself earmarked that and said that as they proceed, they will ensure that none of the concerns of India are overlooked or undermined.
"That is a good way of working closely together. It is very cear what the objective is and how far that objective is possible, only time will tell. But with caution and care being approched as an objective, I think it is something that nobody will have a problem with".
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First Published: Jun 24 2013 | 6:15 PM IST

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