New Delhi: Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak will be visiting Kashmir this week to witness counter-terrorism drills.
Wardak is in Delhi on a week-long visit during which he will hold talks with Indian leaders.
Wardak, heading a seven-member high-powered delegation, is expected to hold talks with Defence Minister A K Antony and top brass of Indian military on security issues.
Wardak will visit Kashmir, becoming the first Afghan Defence Minister to do so in three decades.
He will visit Srinagar-based 15 Corps headquarters where he would be given a presentation on the way Indian army conducts its counter insurgency operations, official sources said here on Monday.
Wardak will also visit Indian Air Forces Training Command at Bangalore amid reports that Afghanistan might be considering sending its Air Force pilots for training in India.
The Afghan delegation will also visit Hindustan Aeronautics Limited complex in Bangalore where they will be shown the progress made by India in manufacturing its first Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and Advance Light Helicopter 'Dhruv'.
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