MOSCOW – With an eye on Pakistan, India is recalibrating its Afghanistanpolicy. After signing joint economic project with China in Afghanistan nowIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putinhave reached to an agreement regarding the launch of the first jointproject 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 link>link>Russialink> ,” a source said.

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

link>link>Indialink> has played a major role in thereconstruction of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime and hasinvested over $2 billion in various reconstruction and infrastructureprojects.

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

The government of link>link>Indialink> pledged a fresh aid package of $1billion to support the reconstruction projects in Afghanistan during avisit by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in late 2016.