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Indian indelible ink for Afghan elections

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 14. Indian indelible ink will be used during the coming elections in Afghanistan. A consignment of 50,000 indelible ink marker pens was handed over by India's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Vivek Katju, to the Chairman of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), Zakim Shah, in Kabul today.

"As the world's largest democracy with a proud record of conducting free and fair elections, India will be happy to share its experience and extend all cooperation to the JEMB as it proceeds with the important task of ascertaining the will of the Afghan people in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Afghanistan," a press release issued by the External Affairs Ministry quoted Mr. Katju as saying in Kabul.

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