Recently, India has delivered three Cheetal military choppers to which neighbouring country?

Recently, India has delivered three Cheetal military choppers to which neighbouring country? Correct Answer Afghanistan

The correct answer is Afghanistan

Key Points

  • India has delivered its first major offensive military platform to Afghanistan.
  • With a Mi 25 attack helicopter reaching Afghanistan earlier in 2015.
  • The first of the four Russian-origin choppers that have been gifted, with three more on the way.
  • The attack helicopters, designed to take on fortified enemy positions and flying in troops to locations prone to heavy ground fire.
  • It joined the Afghanistan Air Force that already operates three of the Indian-built Cheetal light helicopters.

Additional Information

  • About Afghanistan (May 2021)
    • India and Afghanistan have a strong relationship based on historical and cultural links.
    • The relationship has its foundations in the historical contacts and exchanges between the people.
  • In the recent past, India-Afghanistan relations have been further strengthened by the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which was signed between the two countries in October 2011.
  • Farid Mamundzay has been appointed Afghanistan's ambassador to India. (2020)
  • Capital: Kabul
  • Afghanistan, a landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia.
  • Lying along important trade routes connecting southern and eastern Asia to Europe and the Middle East.

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