Karzai to PM: Welcome to your second home

Warm welcome for PM Manmohan Singh in Afghanistan. President Karzai tells him, welcome to your second home, while the PM tells him we will stand by you through thick and thin.

The MEA's Vishnu Prakash tweets: A ceremonial welcome was accorded to the PM by President Karzai on a glorious sunny day in Kabul.

Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Kabul assumes more importance in the wake of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's death. During his visit, Dr Singh is expected to reassure Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai that India is a friend who is determined to support their endeavour for stability in the region. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt is part of the prime minister's media entourage to Afghanistan. Stay with us for her dispatches.