'No doctors, no hospitals, nothing'

Updated May 7 2014 - 3:08am, first published 3:00am

For Afghans, India is the nearest thing to home another country can be. They grow up watching Indian films and soaps and singing Hindi songs. They know all the Bollywood stars. Indian engineers are helping to rebuild their country's shattered infrastructure. There is even a story that cabinet meetings in Kabul are sometimes delayed as a certain minister finishes watching his favourite Indian serial.

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