India is committed to continuing and broadening its developmental efforts in Afghanistan.<br/><br/>US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers during a Senate hearing on South Asia that this is the sense he got in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. <br/><br/>People of Afghanistan, he said, have come to have a deep and abiding affection for the Indian people. Mr. Mattis said that there's a collaboration there, based on a very generous and enduring Indian government support for development of the Afghan society since the Soviet invasion.<br/><br/>US President Donald Trump while announcing his new policy for Afghanistan had also praised India for its development efforts in the country.