Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, left, talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009.

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  1. World Bank President Robert B Zoellick arrives for a meeting with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.

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  1. World Bank President Robert B Zoellick arrives for a meeting with Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.
  2. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, gestures as World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick looks on before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.
  3. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, shakes hands with World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Mukherjee conveyed his appreciation to the World Bank for their increased lending in the wake of financial crisis, according to a press release.
  4. World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L) shakes hands with India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee before a meeting in New Delhi December 2, 2009. The World Bank has committed to increase its lending to India to about $7 billion this year from an average $2.3 billion in the previous four years, the finance ministry said in a statement.
  5. A labourer takes a nap on sacks filled with rice at an agriculture product marketing committee yard at Jetalpur on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 18, 2009. India may import rice if there is a shortfall in the summer-sown crop output, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters on Wednesday.
  6. A labourer throws rice through the air to remove dust at an agriculture product marketing committee yard at Jetalpur on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 18, 2009. India may import rice if there is a shortfall in the summer-sown crop output, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters on Wednesday.
  7. Labourers carry goods at a wholesale market in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata November 11, 2009. India will focus on driving domestic demand until key developed economies recover and will not exit fiscal stimulus measures until necessary, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
  8. Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee answers questions from delegates during the World Economic Forum's 25th India Economic Summit-2009 in New Delhi on November 10, 2009. Mukherjee promised the government would reduce the fiscal deficit as it seeks to put the nation's financial house in order. He said the government would cut the deficit to four percent of gross domestic product by 2012, down from an expected 6.8 percent in the current financial year.
  9. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: An Afghan policeman stands guard by a Karzai poster after tensions in city remain high after a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants killed six U.N. foreign staff in the early morning assault raising serious issues about security before the Presidential run-off election in less tham two weeks time. Rockets were also fired at a the Serena hotel but no injuries were reported.
  10. A poster of legendary assassinated Afghan mujahideen commander Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to one portraying President Hamid Karzai at a Kabul cinema while a worker sets up scaffolding on September 28, 2009. Afghans considered Massoud a national hero who waged battle against Soviets and Talibans while Karzai awaits final result of the poll recounts of the August 20 presidential elections the second such election in the war-torn nation's history and one held amid a vicious Taliban insurgency against the Western-backed government which deterred voters.
  11. Daily wages laborers stand near an election poster of Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, center, with first vice president Mohammad Qasim Fahim and second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili, right, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. The U.N. is warning that violence in Afghanistan could increase after the results from the country's disputed presidential election are finally tallied and disclosed. Preliminary results from the Aug. 20 vote show President Hamid Karzai with 54.6 percent.
  12. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai arrives to speak to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  13. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai speaks to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  14. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai speaks to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  15. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai arrives to speak to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.
  16. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 17: President Hamid Karzai points as he speaks to the media for the first time since full preliminary results were announced at the Presidential palace on September 17, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Immediately after the President delivered his election message to the international media, Italian soldiers, who have stationed 2,800 soldiers in the region, suffered their deadliest attack in Afghanistan to date. Six Italian soldiers and ten Afghans were killed, including 55 wounded as the blast hit in a mostly residential area of the city. While Karzai stated today that some government officials were biased toward him in the election, he defended himself and the integrity of the vote against all the allegations of fraud and ballot box stuffing. Presently Karzai has 54.6 percent of the vote, well ahead of his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah. The ongoing recounts and fraud investigations by the Election Complaints commission (ECC), however, could drive Karzai's total below the crucial 50 percent, forcing a runoff election.

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