| A worthwhile investment, even if only to annoy Pakistan. |
The Indian Embassy in Kabul in a statement said Ambassador Vinay Kumar inaugurated an eight room school funded by Government of India on Tuesday.
The statement further added the Minister for Economy Dr. Mustafa Mastoor and Governor of Bamyan Muhammed Tahir Zahir had also participated in the inauguration ceremony in in Panjab district of Bamyan Province.
In the meantime, Ambassador Vinay Kunar, Minister of Economy Dr. Mustafa Mastoor, and Governor of Bamyan Mohammed Tahir Zahir and Deputy Minister for Higher Education laid the foundation stone for a Male Dormitory to be constructed in Bamyan University with the assistance from Government of India.
India has played a major role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban
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regime and has invested over $2 billion in various reconstruction and infrastructure projects.
The construction of the major Salma Dam, the new Afghan parliament building, Zaranj-Delaram highway, and some other projects are among the key investments India has done so far in the country.
The government of India pledged a fresh aid package of $1 billion to support the reconstruction projects in Afghanistan during a visit by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..in late 2016.