MOSCOW – India is recalibrating its Afghanistan policy. After signing jointeconomic project with China in Afghanistan now Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached to anagreement regarding the launch of the first joint project in Afghanistan.

Sources privy of the development in the Indian government have said thatthe leaders of the two countries agreed regarding the implementation of theproject during a meeting in Sochi.

Sources told The Indian Express that Modi proposed the idea for the jointproject in Afghanistan, which Putin readily accepted. “Unlike in Wuhan,where Xi had proposed the Afghanistan project, here Modi took theinitiative with Russia,” a source said.

No further details have been given regarding the project and the estimateddate for the launch of the project in Afghanistan.

India has played a major role in the reconstruction of Afghanistan sincethe fall of the Taliban regime and has invested over $2 billion in variousreconstruction and infrastructure projects.

The construction of the major Salma Dam, the new Afghan parliamentbuilding, Zaranj-Delaram highway, and some other projects are among the keyinvestments India has done so far in the country.

The government of India pledged a fresh aid package of $1 billion tosupport the reconstruction projects in Afghanistan during a visit byPresident Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in late 2016.