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Modi, Ghani open India-funded parliament building

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KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-constructed building for Afghan parliament -- a democratic gift from New Delhi -- in Kabul on Friday.

During his address to the parliament, Modi voiced his happiness over the name of the building -- Atal Block. “We could not have chosen a more special day than the birthday of one of the tallest leaders -- former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.”

A partnership between the two countries helped rural communities get schools, minor irrigation schemes,