Mubasher: India and China are expected to jointly carry out projects in the fields of health, education, and food security in Afghanistan, as reported by The Economic Times newspaper.

The decision to undertake projects in several sectors followed discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at the recent Wuhan Summit.

India and China may hold a standalone dialogue in the coming period to identify projects in Afghanistan, people aware of the matter told The Economic Times newspaper.

“They said the plan is to identify projects that would improve lives of Afghan citizens and pave the way for a joint Indo-Afghan connectivity project through Afghanistan connecting China with Iran in the future,” the news portal added.

India has been providing support to Afghanistan in healthcare and education sectors for several years. Since 2017, India has been supplying wheat to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar Port.