Afghanistan, Dec. 27 -- United States has given a 'written' assurance to India that will help facilitate global banks to fund the purchase of equipment worth $85 million to be erected at Chabahar port which India is developing in Iran, the Hindu BusinessLine reported.
Chabahar is of great strategic importance for the development of regional maritime transit traffic to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
In November 2018, the United States granted a waiver to the port from the sanctions it has imposed on the Persian Gulf nation.
"We have to procure equipment for running the port, but because of the US sanctions, we are not able to procure," a government official briefed on the issue said.
"We have placed the orders for equipment, some as long ...