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Indian-funded Salma Dam’s inauguration today

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KABUL and India are all ready to officially inaugurate Salma Dam -- also known as Afghan-India Friendship Dam-- in western Herat province today Saturday.

The $300 million dam is located two kilometers from the Salma Village of the Chisht-i-Sharif district of the province and 176 km east of Herat City.

Construction work on dam came to an end after 45 years of wait on July 2015. In 1978 India had pledged to construct the Salma Dam, but the coup against former president Mohammad Daud . . .

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