<p>''I want to be sure that everyone here recognises how centrally important Indian will be to this (the US success in Afghanistan and Pakistan),'' he told US lawmakers at a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan convened by the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Senator John Kerry, a key aid of President Barack Obama.<br /><br />Holbrooke was recently in India to have discussions with the Indian leaders on Af-Pak issue.<br />"India is not formally part of my mandate, but with the support of the Indians, I try to go to New Delhi as often as I can to keep them informed and to discuss the situation with them," Holbrooke told US lawmakers.<br /><br />"I don't think it would be valuable to go into details in the public forum, but I do want to stress that the Indians are very, very anxious that we succeed in Afghanistan. They're supporting us," he said.<br /><br />"They are giving Afghanistan a lot of aid, particularly in the field of agriculture which is also our primary non-security priority – agriculture," he said.</p>
<p>''I want to be sure that everyone here recognises how centrally important Indian will be to this (the US success in Afghanistan and Pakistan),'' he told US lawmakers at a Congressional hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan convened by the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Senator John Kerry, a key aid of President Barack Obama.<br /><br />Holbrooke was recently in India to have discussions with the Indian leaders on Af-Pak issue.<br />"India is not formally part of my mandate, but with the support of the Indians, I try to go to New Delhi as often as I can to keep them informed and to discuss the situation with them," Holbrooke told US lawmakers.<br /><br />"I don't think it would be valuable to go into details in the public forum, but I do want to stress that the Indians are very, very anxious that we succeed in Afghanistan. They're supporting us," he said.<br /><br />"They are giving Afghanistan a lot of aid, particularly in the field of agriculture which is also our primary non-security priority – agriculture," he said.</p>
