Army reaches out to stranded Afghan cadets, offers special training
The Hindu
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At least 80 Afghan cadets, who passed out from various Indian military institutes, have been offered a training module in English language communication under the ITEC programme of the Government of India, the Embassy of Afghanistan here has announced. The 12-month programme will allow these officials, who worked for the Afghan military under the government of former President Ashraf Ghani, to acquire skills to conduct daily official activities.The former Afghan National Army (ANA) used to get around 1,000 vacancies annually for training in Indian military institutes, the largest share for any country. At the time of sudden takeover of Kabul by the Taliban and the fall of the Ghani government, many ANA officers, soldiers and dependents were present in India undergoing training in various institutes. In addition as part of medical assistance, patients were being treated in various military hospitals.