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India Review Cover Page India Review A PUBLICATION OF THE EMBASSY OF INDIA, KABUL http://meakabul.nic.in VOLUME 3 ISSUE 6 JUNE 2007 INDIAINDIA PARTICIPATESPARTICIPATES ATAT THETHE AFGHANISTANAFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT FORUMFORUM Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai addressing the Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) meeting held on April 29 and 30 in Kabul. Indian Ambassador to Kabul Rakesh SOood led a Indian delegation in the meeting, organised by the country’s Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ndian Ambassador to Afghanistan, These papers are expected to create road library, furniture, laboratory equipment, HT Rakesh Sood, led India’s participation at maps for future strategies on these issues. stabilizer and lifts. I the Afghanistan Development Forum In welcoming the participants, President The surgical block was handed over in meeting, which was held in Kabul on April Hamid Karzai expressed his gratitude to the February, 2005. The new polyclinic was 29-30, co-hosted by the Afghan Ministry of country’s international partners for their gen- handed more recently during the visit of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. erous commitment to the people of Indian External Affairs Minister, Pranab Ambassador Sood was assisted by Joint Afghanistan. Highlighting both progress and Mukherjee to Kabul in January. Five teams of Secretary responsible for Afghanistan affairs priority concerns in the areas of health, edu- Indian Medical Missions have also been pro- in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in cation, capacity development, aid coordina- viding basic health services in Kabul, Herat, New Delhi, Dilip Sinha, and Minister at the tion, anti-corruption, counter-narcotics, Jalalabad, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif Indian Embassy in Kabul, Sandeep Kumar. energy, security and regional cooperation, since 2002. The Afghanistan Development Forum the President emphasised the importance of Almost one third of India’s total assistance focused on ensuring effective implementa- sustained international engagement. programme is in the energy sector, with tion of development projects and presenta- The Forum was important for India as it is important projects like construction of the tion of government sector strategies in the the eight largest donor in Afghanistan, with a 220KV transmission line from Pul-e-Khumri prioritised sectors of health, energy and edu- $750 million assistance programme. India is to Kabul under the North East Power System cation. undertaking important projects relating to all programme; reconstruction of the Salma Papers were also presented on three sepa- the sector strategies presented at the Dam in Herat province; power project in rate working groups covering the cross-cut- Afghanistan Development Forum i.e. health, Faryab province, with construction of sub- ting areas of strategic importance to energy and education. stations at Miamana, Juma Bazar, Andkhey Afghanistan’s development i.e., aid-effective- In the field of health, India has an ongoing and Faizabad, and transmission lines from ness, capacity development and provincial commitment to the Indira Gandhi Institute Andhkey to Miamana; as well as the solar planning. for Child Health, in Kabul, which it has been electrification of 100 villages in remote areas. Further, papers were also presented on reconstructing in various phases, including In the education sector, India has recon- areas of concern in the development para- reconstruction of the surgical ward, polyclin- structed the Habibia High School in Kabul, digm: anti-corruption; refugees; and rural ic, diagnostic centre, commissioning of new with construction of classrooms, provision of and urban development, employment cre- heating system, electric sub station, solid education kits, laboratory and gym equip- ation and counter narcotics. waste disposal system, supply of medical ments. Continued on page 4 JCMB-V Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meet onjoint with the Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) meeting C from April 29-30, was held the fifth meeting of the Joint Coordination Monitoring Board (JCMB-V) in Kabul on May 1. The Indian team for ADF led by Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rakesh Sood, also participated at the JCMB-V. The JCMB was set up as a central mecha- nism between the Afghan government and international community to resolve strategic issues, ensure greater coherence of efforts and provide high-level political support for the implementation of the London Compact. With a life span of five years until March 2011, in line with the life span of the London Compact, it succeeds the Bonn Agreement and lays out a framework for international engagement with Afghanistan through a series of benchmarks for consolidating peace, strengthening intuitional and human capacities and pursuing political, economic and social development. The JCMB structure comprising eight con- The fifth meeting of the Joint Coordination Monitoring Board (JCMB) in progress in Kabul on May 1. sultative groups based on the eight south and south east of the country was ment, but also in terms of viable economic Afghanistan National Development Strategy noted as one of the main obstacles. The and developmental strategies. Cross border sub-pillars (security; governance; rule of law JCMB called on the Afghan government to co-operation, in particular, needed to be and human rights; infrastructure; education; draft a national anti-corruption strategy by strengthened through enhanced dialogue, health; agriculture and rural development; October this year to simplify the electoral greater intelligence sharing and more effec- social protection; and economic governance cycle within the next five months; to make tive communication strategies. and private sector development), 28 working efforts to implement the work plan on transi- Regional economic cooperation was one groups, 33 sub-working groups and five cross tional justice launched in December last of the key thrust areas focused upon by India cutting thematic groups (on gender equity, year; as also to focus more energy on imple- at JCMB-V. It felt that this sector, which was counter-narcotics, regional cooperation, mentation to ensure that the progress made also an important benchmark of the London environment and anti-corruption), is becomes more evident on the ground. Compact as well as a strategic element of the designed to ensure wide participation in the It was also decided that the government Afghan National Development Strategy, was development of the strategies, prioritisation recommendations for strengthening the crucial in the reconstruction and donor-led of activities as well as a feedback on the over- Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group development process of Afghanistan. all approach. (DIAG) programme will be presented to the Several regional cooperation events had The inaugural meeting of JCMB was held next JCMB meeting. taken place since the Bonn Conference, on April 30, 2006 in Kabul and further meet- India maintained that it remained fully including the Kabul (2005) and New Delhi ings were held on July 30, 2006 (Kabul), committed to the JCMB structures and (2006) Regional Economic Cooperation November 12, 2006 (Kabul) and January 31, processes. With respect to security, it fully Conferences, which had provided a stimulus 2007, in Berlin. appreciated the Afghan government’s posi- to regional integration. The JCMB-V meeting in Kabul found the tion that the challenge of insurgency, suicide Afghanistan had also been formally admit- London Compact on track with momentum in attacks, bombing, poppy cultivation, cross- ted as the eighth member of the South Asian developing sectoral strategies for attaining border security, corruption and growing dis- Association of Regional Cooperation in April its benchmarks and finalising the sidence among the Afghan people required this year, which should yield significant divi- Afghanistan National Development Strategy both a robust regional and international dends for Afghanistan, given its geo-strate- by mid-2008. political solution as well as a stronger inter- gic position as a central land bridge between While progress was noted in healthcare, nal military response. South, Central and West Asia and China. education, community projects, microfi- At the same time, India also sensed that The future challenge would be in develop- nance, government revenue collection and the palpable reality with respect to the pre- ing coordinated measures for the implementa- the modernization of the Afghan National vailing security paradigm in Afghanistan tion of the programmes formulated in these Army, the need was felt for accelerating work needed to be reflected more realistically, for regional processes covering cross-border ter- on turning initial outputs into meaningful the stake holders to be able to come up with rorism, law enforcement, land transit as well as changes. appropriate tactical responses to this strate- broader investment, trade and business issues. The deteriorating security situation in gic challenge — not just in terms of enforce- Continued on page 3 2 I N D I A R E V I E W J U N E 2 0 0 7 h t t p : / / m e a k a b u l . n i c . i n AFGHAN NEWS Afghan team participates in South Asia CEO Roundtable similar to that given by E.U. and U.S., lack of access for Afghanistan including land transit from India as well as problems being faced by Afghanistan at sea ports and evinced keen interest in obtaining help and co-operation amongst the SAARC countries for capacity building. In rounding up their discussions, the South
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