New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- India on Thursday came out strongly in support of Afghanistan amid its clashes with Pakistan, saying Islamabad has a history of sponsoring terrorism and blaming neighbours for its internal failures. Clashes on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border erupted last week during a visit to India by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who made a push to address India's security concerns by saying that the regime in Kabul wouldn't allow Afghan soil to be used against foreign countries. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India is closely monitoring the situation arising from the Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes. He made it clear that the situation had been caused by Islamabad's actions. "India remains fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Afghanistan," Jaiswal told a weekly media briefing. "Three things are clear - one, that Pakistan hosts terrorist organisations and sponsors terrorist activities," he said. "Two, it is an old practice of Pakistan to blame its neighbours for its own internal failures, and three, Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own territories." He also denounced the deaths of Afghan civilians in the clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The developments came against the backdrop of India-Pakistan relations being at their lowest point in more than a decade. India and the Central Asian states agreed on Thursday to work closely with Afghanistan to address security challenges and to foster connectivity and economic development. The decision was made at a meeting of national security advisers and senior security officials of India and the five Central Asian states held in Bishke. India was represented by NSA Ajit Doval....