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11 September 2017
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| India Afghanistan (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
Afghanistan's foreign minister asked India on Monday to expedite development
of a strategic port in Iran to bolster a trade route for land-locked Central
Asian countries that would bypass Pakistan.
The port would allow India to transport goods
to Afghanistan by sea. Pakistan currently does not allow India to transport through
its territory to Afghanistan.
Last year, India committed up to $500 million
for the development of the Chabahar port along with associated roads and rail
lines.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj responded that India would speed up the port development and begin
supplying wheat to Afghanistan within weeks through Chabahar. The Total Investment & Insurance
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In his new Afghanistan strategy unveiled last
month, U.S. President Donald Trump asked India to do more to help Afghanistan's
development.
Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani
also asked India to expand an air freight corridor introduced between the two
countries in June to provide greater access for Afghan goods to the Indian
market.
Swaraj, who hosted Rabbani in New Delhi, told
reporters that India and Afghanistan jointly agreed to embark on a "new
development partnership" in keeping with Afghanistan's priorities. The Total Investment & Insurance
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She said more than 100 new development
projects would be implemented jointly.
She said India will assist in a drinking
water supply project for Kabul, low-cost housing for returning refugees, a
water supply network for Charikar city, and a polyclinic in Mazar-e-Sharif. The Total Investment & Insurance
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India will also help Afghanistan build human
resource capacities and skills, especially in education, health, agriculture,
energy, administration and resource management, Swaraj said. The Total Investment & Insurance
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The Afghan foreign minister said the two
countries reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen their security and defense
cooperation, but did not give any details.
India already has donated three multirole
Mi-35 helicopters to Afghanistan, and trains Afghan security forces and police
personnel.The Total Investment &
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