NEW DELHI, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Afghanistan, which straddles South and Central Asia, will be "honored" to join the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), President Hamid Karzai said Friday.

    "Afghanistan will be honored to be invited to SAARC and will work to take SAARC to Central Asia to make it a big organization,"the Indo-Asian News Service quoted Karzai as saying in response to a question after his inaugural address to the two-day India Today Conclave here.

    Earlier this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, on a three-day visit here, also said Tehran was "seriously considering acceding to SAARC."

    SAARC comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal,Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Enditem