India and US discuss Afghanistan joint projects

India and the US on Tuesday discussed plans for effective joint projects in Afghanistan ahead of the proposed withdrawal of American troops even as the US interlocutor Zalmay Khalilzad was briefed about Delhi’s concerns on Pakistan’s attempts to seek concession from the US on Kashmir for backing its plan in Afghanistan.

India also shared its apprehensions about Pakistani designs to use Afghanistan as a territory to train anti-India terrorists as and when the US withdraws its troops, it has been learnt.

Khalilzad is the first US official to visit India since the Modi government decided to scrap Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu & Kashmir.