INDIA-AFGHANISTAN A HISTORIC AND TIME TESTED FRIENDSHIP
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INDIA-AFGHANISTAN A HISTORIC AND TIME TESTED FRIENDSHIP
India and Afghanistan have a strong relationship based on historical and cultural links. India has been, and continues to be, a steadfast partner in the reconstruction and development efforts in Afghanistan. The principal focus of India’s development assistance has been to build capacities and capabilities of Afghan nationals and its institutions for governance and delivery of public service, develop socio-economic infrastructure, secure lives and promote livelihood. India and Afghanistan have also agreed to identify products and measures to enhance bilateral trade; reaffirming the importance of connectivity and free and unfettered transport and transit access for Afghanistan. India’s support is guided by the needs and priorities of the Government and the people of Afghanistan; activities are undertaken in partnership with the Afghan government; and projects are spread across Afghanistan in wide range of areas. Both sides are on the pathway of an ambitious and forward looking next generation ‘New Development Partnership’. In September 2017, India hosted the India-Afghanistan Trade and Investment Show in New Delhi. A high “A billion of ties bind us through thousands of years of history but level of participation from the Indian corporate sector our partnership is based on vision of the future. A vision where our resulted in business propositions being signed central challenge is poverty and inequality and insecurity, not at between the respective private enterprises of the the sub-national level but at the regional level.” countries worth more than US$200 million. — President Ashraf Ghani
country, greater access to Project involves construction of
markets in India, and will allow two terminals, one multi-purpose
Afghan businessmen to leverage terminal (600 metres long)
India’s economic growth and and another general container
trade networks for its benefit. It terminal (640 metres long).
would enable Afghan farmers A Trilateral Transit and Transport
quick and direct access to arrangement between India-
the Indian markets for their Afghanistan-Iran is envisaged
perishable produce. to create a reliable legal
framework to ensure smooth
Chabahar Port flow of goods and vehicles
Chabahar Port, located in the between Chabahar port and
Sistan-Baluchistan province in Afghanistan through Iran.
Iran, is an important infrastructure
development project being First shipment of
currently undertaken by both wheat from India to
India and Iran for enhancing Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan India was taken in the meeting
sea-land connectivity with On 29 October 2017, External
established a Direct Air between Prime Minister Narendra
Afghanistan and Central Asian Affairs Minister of India and
Freight Corridor Modi and Afghan President
Ghani in September 2016 Region. The Chabahar Port Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan established
a direct air freight corridor with during the Afghan President’s
the arrival of the first cargo flight visit to India. The connectivity
carrying 60 tonnes of cargo established through the Air
from Kabul to Delhi on 19 June Freight Corridor and now
2017. The inaugural flight was expanded to Kandahar-New
flagged off in Kabul by President Delhi sector also, will provide
of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani and Afghanistan, a landlocked
received in New Delhi by the
External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj in the presence of
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok
Gajapathi Raju and Minister of
State for External Affairs
M.J. Akbar. The decision to
establish an Air Freight Corridor
between Afghanistan and
for Afghanistan. It will open up
new opportunities for trade and
transit from and to Afghanistan
and enhance trade and
commerce between the three
countries and the wider region.
Six more wheat shipments
are planned to be sent to
Afghanistan over the next
few months.
Road from
Zaranj to Delaram
Construction of a 218 km road
from Zaranj to Delaram for
facilitating movement of goods Afghanistan the Parliament building, service
and services to the Iranian border Parliament Building block cum parking and reception
was completed in 2010. The Spread over 86 acres and built office. The Afghan Parliament
highway will connect Iran with over 28,370 sq m area, the was inaugurated by the Prime
the Garland Highway, which links Afghan Parliament is India’s gift Minister of India jointly with
through a joint video conference, Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar-e-Sharif to the people of Afghanistan. The President of Afghanistan on 25
flagged off the first shipment of Herat and Kunduz. project included construction of December 2015. The sessions
wheat from India to Afghanistan of both Upper House (Meshrano
that would be transhipped Jirga) and Lower House (Wolesi
through the Chabahar port Jirga) are now being held in the
in Iran. The shipment is part new building.
of commitment made by the
Government of India to supply
1.1 million tonnes of wheat for
the people of Afghanistan on
grant basis. The shipment of
wheat is a landmark moment
as it will pave the way for
operationalisation of the
Chabahar port as an alternate,
reliable and robust connectivity
Friendship Dam (AIFD). The Afghanistan on 4 June 2016. The
“When Afghanistan becomes a Afghan India
Friendship Dam project implementation faced Dam has an installed capacity
haven of peace and a hub for the
The most important symbol several challenges, including of 42 MW and supplies water
flow of ideas,commerce, energy
and investments in the region, we of India’s assistance in the logistical and security aspects. for irrigating 75,000 hectares of
will all prosper together.” reconstruction of Afghanistan The project was inaugurated land. Since then, the project has
— Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been the construction of jointly by the Prime Minister been generating electricity and
the multipurpose Afghan India of India with the President of releasing water for irrigation.
India-Afghanistan: • Construction of Shahtoot dam
New Development and drinking water project
Partnership for Kabul, that would also
Under the rubric of India- facilitate irrigation.
Afghanistan New Development
• Low cost housing project for
Partnership, the following
returning Afghans refugees
assistance programmes have
in Nangarhar Province to
been initiated:
promote resettlement.
• 116 new ‘High Impact
• Road connectivity to Band-e-
Community Development
Amir in Bamyan Province that
Projects’ in 31 provinces of and will run till the 500 slots
would promote tourism to the
Afghanistan, including in the are exhausted.
national park and economic
areas of education, health,
Small Development development.
• Training, including to Afghan
agriculture, irrigation, drinking
Project • Water supply network for civil servants, defence and
water, renewable energy, flood
• A Memorandum of Charikar city in Parwan police personnel in Indian
control, micro-hydropower,
Understanding (MoU) between Province. institutions.
sports infrastructure,
India and Afghanistan was
administrative infrastructure. • Establishment of Gypsum
signed on 28 August 2005 India-Afghanistan
board manufacturing plant in
in the areas of Agriculture, Scholarships
Kabul to promote value added Programme
Education, Labour, Rural
industry. Human resource development
Development and Public
Health. The projects are being • Construction of a polyclinic in and capacity building initiatives,
implemented through local Mazar-e-Sharif. which constitute an important
bodies, non-Governmental segment of India’s assistance
• Assistance to Afghanistan
organizations, charitable portfolio in Afghanistan, include:
in use of remote sensing
trusts and education and
technology, including in • Following the reconstruction
vocational institutes. The Small
agriculture and resource and renovation of Habibia
Development Projects were
management. School in Kabul, India is
implemented in three phases
extending assistance for
–first in July 2006 comprising • Scholarship Scheme for 500
training and maintenance of
50 proposals; the second in Children/ Dependents of
the school.
June 2008 comprising 51 Afghan National Defence &
proposals and the third in Security Forces (ANDSF) to • A Special Scholarship Scheme
November 2012 comprising of be implemented by ICCR from of 1000 scholarships per
303 project proposals. academic year 2018-2019 annum to Afghan Nationals
• The Afghanistan National in the field of agriculture
Agricultural Sciences and through the Indian Council of
Technology University Agricultural Research (ICAR)
(ANASTU) set up with scholarships.
Government of India
assistance is contributing to Restoration
capacity building in agricultural of Stor Palace
sciences. The Indian The historic 100 year old Stor
Agriculture Research Institute Palace located in Afghan Foreign
(IARI) is involved in training, Office premises in Kabul was
equipping and establishing the restored to its previous splendour
(administered by ICCR) has need to strengthen its
university. with India’s assistance in 2016.
been very successful with administration and governance
The Stor palace was inaugurated
100% utilization. at national, provincial and • In the area of skill
by the Prime Minister of India and
district levels, including development, the Government
• India offers 500 Indian the President of Afghanistan on
through sharing experiences of India has been providing
Technical and Economic 22 August 2016.
and technical assistance in education to Afghan nationals
Cooperation (ITEC) slots to
building capacities of civil
Afghanistan annually. The
administration and project
ITEC training is expected
implementation.
to address Afghanistan’s
approximately 3 lakh children
(2.5 lakh OPD and 50,000 IPD)
get treated at IGICH. It was set
up with Indian assistance in
the 1970s.
A diagnostic centre has been
set up at IGICH with financial
& technical assistance from
the Government of India,
which includes supply and
Doshi Charikar
installation of all the equipment
Substations
for the diagnostic centre — CT
At the Afghan Government’s
Scan machine, HVAC & Gas
request, two additional power
Manifold Systems, Digital X-ray
sub-stations at Doshi and
machines, ICU equipment, OT
Charikar were taken up to service
Equipment, Imaging equipment,
the 220kV Transmission Line
Ophthalmology equipment
from Pul-e-Khumri to Kabul built
Hospital Furniture, Central Sterile
by India earlier. The transformer
and Supplies Department (CSSD)
capacity at Doshi was
Equipment and EPABX.
enhanced to meet the additional
H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief
requirements of Doshi town and
Executive Officer of the Islamic
an additional bay was agreed
Republic of Afghanistan and
for a 3rd 16 MVA transformer at
the then Ambassador of India in
Charikar sub-station. Both sub-
Kabul inaugurated the diagnostic
stations have been completed
centre on 17 September 2015.
and commissioned in 2016.
Indira Gandhi Institute
of Child Health
The Indira Gandhi Institute of
Child Health IGICH - a 400-bed
hospital is the main hospital in
Afghanistan that caters to the
well-being of children from all
across Afghanistan. Annually
“Our ties are as ancient as history.
Over the mighty Hindu Kush and
through the forbidding ‘Khyber pass,
monk’, merchants and monarchs have
linked us through knowledge, culture,
religion, commerce and kingdoms.”
— Prime Minister Narendra Modi
INDIA-AFGHANISTAN NEW AGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
INDIA-AFGHANISTAN : NEW AGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
PANJSHIR
SAR-E-POL TAKHAR
Construction of
Construction of one Construction of one Comprehensive
Comprehensive 44 Bore wells with Health Clinic,
Health Clinic, hand pumps, 32 m 2 Basic Health
Primary School, 2 RCC Girder Bridge Clinics, 578.65 km
Bridges, Orphanage and Drilling of 89 Long wall,
Dormitory, Library Bore wells 20 m Long footpath
and 8 Class rooms RCC bridge,
SAMANGAN 8 Class rooms and
BAGHLAN 16 Classromms
JAWZJAN Construction of for Accounting
Construction of Haji
Orphanage Saber bridge, 14 & Management
Construction of 8 Institute
public toilets Class rooms, 25 m
BAMIYAN Long RCC bridge,
5.209 km Long BADAKHSHAN Doshi Substation
DAIKUNDI Construction of road with 9 culverts
24 Class rooms, and 26 m long RCC Construction of
Construction of girder bridge 40 m Girder Bridge,
15m long RCC
5 Comprehensive High School and
Dahan-e- tagab
Health Clinic, Health Clinic
Bridge, 20.4 km KUNDUZ
Higher Education
road and 200m long
FARYAB Institute Teaching
Retaining wall Drilling of 57 wells
building, 42 m long
Construction of RCC Girder bridge for drinking water,
Intake and Irrigation and 132 m long BALKH 21 units of Bore
canal and 8 class retaining wall and a wells and 40 Class
Afghan India Friendship Dam Construction of rooms Charikar Substation
rooms hostel
2 Health Clinics
HERAT BADGISH
Establishment Construction of
of Computer & 64 Class rooms and
Language Institute Veterinary Clinic JAWZJAN KUNDUZ BADAKHSHAN
for Women and
Vocational Training BALKH TAKHAR
Institute (Carpet
Weaving)
SAMANGAN NOORISTAN
FARYAB BAGHLAN
Setting up of 2
SAR-E-POL Basic Health Clinics,
PANJSHER NOORISTAN 3 Primary Schools
BADGHIS and One Senior
KAPISA
PARWAN Secondary School
LAGHMAN
BAMYAN KUNAR
KUNAR
KABUL
WARDAK Setting up of a
NANGARHAR demonstrative
HERAT
GHOR LOGAR nursery, 2 Basic
Health Clinic,
DAIKUNDI Construction of 10
PAKTIA Primary School and
KHOST 2,807 m long pipe
GHAZNI
scheme
NANGARHAR KABUL
URUZGAN
FARAH KHOST Setting up of Construction of a
PAKTIKA
2 demonstrative Boundary wall and
ZABUL Setting up of a nursery, Com- Landscape Works of
demonstrative prehensive Health Directorate Office,
nursery, a Basic Centre, 147 water Financial support
Health Clinic, points (Bore wells), to operationalize
Islamic & basic 7 Primary Schools, the Afghan-India
education School, 3 Secondary Vocational Training
Establishment of Schools and Center, Transfer
PAKTIKA Veterinary clinics Maulana Abulkalam of Profissional
and providing Azad Block Hindi & Engineering Skills to
Construction of equipments and English Language Enhineering Staff
HELMAND KANDAHAR 3 primary Schools,
NIMROZ Setting up of 2 Departments
GHAZNI Setting up of Comprehensive
2 Basic Health Health Centres
Construction of Clinics, 2 Secondary
3 Comprehensive Schools, 3 High
Health Clinics, Schools, 20 Class KAPISA
Pushte Chooob high rooms, 94 Water
School and 18 Class Points (Bore wells) Construction of
rooms and Setting up of one Midwifery
basic Health Clinics center and Nursing
dormitory, 550 m
GHOR KANDAHAR long Retaining
FARAH Wall, 24 Class
LOGAR rooms, Drilling of Restoration of Stor Palace
Construction of Construction of
Construction of 100 m deep well,
30 Class rooms, a Criket Stadium, Construction of
422 m projection water tank and
Walkway and 30 Beds Hospital Logar Higher
wall landscaping works
Grassing of football a Basic Health Education Institute
ground, Sport Clinics, Setting up Teaching building,
NIMROOZ HELMAND stadium, 2 x 11m of Comprehensive 4 storey Dormitory/ LAGHMAN
Canal intake and Health Centre and Hostel building for
Setting up of 3 Construction of 40 m long RCC Establishment of Construction of
Basic Health Clinics 4 Comprehensive institute and 16
bridge Veterinary clinics Class rooms 2 Basic Health
and Construction of Health Clinics and and providing Centers, Kitchen
1 primary School 16 Class rooms equipments and dining Hall in
and 8 Class rooms, WARDAK laghman University Habibia High School
4 Comprehensive and Cement
Health Clinic and URUZGAN Construction of a Concrete Road
Rehabilitation of complex Institute of
Construction of Administration and
irrigation canals
2 Comprehensive accounting and 30 PAKTIA
Health Clinics and Beds Hospital
16 Class rooms Setting up of
and Green House 104 water points
establishment/ ZABUL (Bore wells),
installation 2 Health Basic
Construction of } Clinics, Construction
41 water points of 46 Water Points Afghan Parliament
(Bore wells) and (Bore wells), One
Setting up of 35 High School and
water points (Bore 20 Class rooms
wells)
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