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The Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam, the Afghan Parliament Building and the road from Zaranj to Delaram

Two addresses published by the Prime Minister's Office set out the main pieces of India's development partnership with Afghanistan.
At the inauguration in Herat, the Indian Prime Minister thanked the Afghan side for naming this dam as Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam. The project had been carried out under the name Salma Dam, which an earlier address to the Parliament of Afghanistan referred to while it was still under construction.
The Herat address also records the inauguration of the Afghan Parliament Building in Kabul the previous December; roads built from Zaranj to Delaram; and transmission lines laid to carry power to Afghan homes.
On connectivity, the same address states that India's investment in the port at Chahbahar in Iran will give Afghanistan a new route to the world.
The address to the Parliament of Afghanistan sets out a scheme of 1000 scholarships every year for Afghan students in India, a special scholarship scheme in agriculture science, and the restoration of The Stor Palace in Kabul.

Dam inaugurated at: Herat Earlier project name: Salma Dam Parliament building: Kabul Road built: Zaranj to Delaram Scholarships a year: 1000
Why it matters for exams: India-Afghanistan questions almost always turn on the named projects: the Friendship Dam, the Parliament building, the Zaranj to Delaram road and the Chahbahar route.
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In plain words

Chahbahar Chabahar port, Iran — The Iranian port, written Chahbahar in this address, through which India offers Afghanistan a sea route.

Stor Palace Historic building in Kabul — A Kabul heritage building whose restoration the address names as part of the partnership.

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