PM Modi awarded Afghan's highest civilian honour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Saturday conferred with Amir Amanullah Khan Award, Afghanistan's highest civilian honour. Reacting to it, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted, "A true brotherhood is honoured." Earlier, Modi landed in Afghanistan on the first leg of his five-nation tour and inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in the country's Herat province.