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All help, but no troops to Afghanistan:
Context:
- India on 26th September has ruled out the decision of deploying troops in Afghanistan to expand development and medical assistance for the strife-torn nation.
What are India’s contributions to Afghanistan?
- Indian contribution to Afghanistan has been for a very long time and been consistently on developmental issues.
- Medical assistance is also provided by India.
- India has already extended $3 billion aid to Afghanistan, provides security assistance in the form of training and has also supplied some utility and attack helicopters.
- Kabul has repeatedly sought lethal weapons and ammunition from India.
