AAF, army female officers off to India for training

Monitoring Desk

KABUL: For the first a time a group of female officers of the Afghan air force and the Afghan military left for India to participate in training.

The Embassy of India in Kabul in a statement said “For the first time, a batch of 20 Lady officers from the Afghan Army and Afghan Air Force departed for a training module at Officers Training Academy, Chennai.”

The statement further added “Ambassador of India Manpreet Vohra addressed the officers prior to their departure.”

This comes as reports emerged late in October suggesting that the government of India is mulling to increase security-related assistance to Afghan national defense and security forces, it has been reported.

According to the local media reports, New Delhi agreed to provide more security-related assistance based on needs of Afghanistan’s defence and police forces.

The commitment was reportedly made after President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s visit to New Delhi where he met with his Indian counterpart, PM Narendra Modi and other senior Indian officials during a one-day State visit.

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

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