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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
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Prim M¢5§3g¢(5) Approved for Release: 2018/09/04. C06708887 pagc 37 of49 I . ' UNCLASSIFIED/7FDHO§ support for Afghanistan's stability. .l»_ - I People of Afghanistan also consider India as its friend. The public opinion in Afghanistan is highly in support of greater Indian influence in the country, and it is because of the fact that through ' - I ' ‘ most part of its relation with Afghanistan, India has been a true friend. . A - ' After the overthrow of the Taliban, India established diplomatic relations with the newly established democratic government, l provided - ‘ _ ' A" aid and participated in the reconstruction efforts. India has provided USD 650¢750 million in humanitarian and economic aid, which ' g I -' makes it the largest provider of aid to Afghanistan in the region. India's support and collaboration are mostly in the areas of rebuilding of air links, power plants and investing in health and veducation sectors as well as helping to train Afghan civil servants, ‘_ - diplomats and police. India has also keen interest in the development - - ' of supply lines of electricity, oil and natural gas. And, also providing scholarships to Afghan Students. . ' The Indian Army's Border Roads Organisation constructed a major road '. ' _ d ’ in 2009 in the remote province of Nimroz, which-connected Delaram to . Zaranj. This has proved to be a reliable alternative route for the duty—free movement of goods through the Chabahar port in Iran to Afghanistan. One of India's key strategies in Afghanistan is to build ' A up transportation links that can help Afghan economy's transportation _ V - links. ‘ ' , , During Hamid Karzai's visit to India in April 2006, three . memorandums _ " ' . . of understanding (MOUs) for strengthening cooperation in the fields of rural development, education and.standardisation between the - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Afghan National Standardisation I V ' . Y Authority were signed between Afghanistan and India. An agreement providing USD 50 million to promote bilateral businesses between Afghanistan and India was also signed during the visit of the ' Afghan ’ " ' ., ' _ UNCLASSIFIED/7'F9LL(k . I ' ‘ a ' I ~ 8/23/2017 Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 49 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.