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Indian Government Grants USD 1 Million for Afghan Stadium
The stadium will be built in a northern suburn of Kandahar city, on land donated to the Afghanistan Cricket Board.
Representational image: Afghan children play with a ball as NATO helicopters fly past the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul.© AFP
New Delhi:
The Indian government has given approval to a grant of USD 1 million for the construction of a cricket stadium in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, according to a report.
The stadium is set to come up in Aino Mina, a northern suburb of Kandahar city, on land donated to the Afghanistan Cricket Board in 2012, a report in a cricket website said.
The funding was granted under the Indian government's Small Development Project Scheme.
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