The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day. In his own name and on behalf of the people and government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the king wished President Karzai continuous health and happiness and his people steady progress and prosperity. In his cable, King Abdullah also hailed the existing ties binding the two peoples and countries.