Despite threats from terrorism, India has taken several steps at various levels for the holistic development of Afghanistan. Elaborate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· As the Taliban push ahead with military offensives across Afghanistan, preparing to take over after the exit of US and NATO forces, India faces a situation in which it may have no role to play in that country.
· The 2011 India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement recommitted Indian assistance to help rebuild Afghanistan’s infrastructure and institutions.
Salma dam
· The hydropower and irrigation project, completed against many odds and inaugurated in 2016, is known as the Afghan-India Friendship Dam.
Zaranj-delaram highway
· The other high-profile project was the 218-km Zaranj-Delaram highway built by the Border Roads Organisation. Zaranj is located close to Afghanistan’s border with Iran.
Parliament
· The Afghan Parliament in Kabul was built by India at $90 million. It was opened in 2015.
Health infra
· India has reconstructed a children’s hospital it had helped build in Kabul in 1972 named Indira Gandhi Institute for Child Health in 1985 that was in a shambles after the war. ‘Indian Medical Missions’ have held free consultation camps in several areas.
Other projects
· India has contributed desks and benches for schools, and built solar panels in remote villages, and Sulabh toilet blocks in Kabul.
