India announces major high-impact projects worth USD 80 million for Afghanistan

The 2020 Afghanistan Conference was organized in Geneva from 23-24 November 2020 virtually.
The External Affairs Minister of India, Dr S. Jaishankar led the Indian delegation at the conference.
The Conference was co-hosted by the United Nations, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and the Government of Finland.
India announced a slew of new development projects for Afghanistan during the conference, which includes:
- Construction of the Shatoot Dam, which would provide safe drinking water to 2 million residents of Kabul city. This dam will be built on the 202-kilometre Phul-e-Khumri transmission line, which was built by India in 2019 to provide electricity to Kabul city.
- Launch of Phase-IV of the High Impact Community Development Projects in Afghanistan. It involves more than 100 projects worth US$ 80 million that India would undertake in Afghanistan.