NIC played an active role in India's support towards the new regime at Afghanistan when its team installed VSATs and other IT infrastructure at the Foreign Affairs Office at Kabul.
Along with the installation of two VSATs (2.4 Mt and 1.8 Mt), an entire server room was set-up with server and client machines and complete communication network.
The NIC team which stayed at Kabul for two weeks comprised Mr HS Hora, Mr Anand Swaroop Srivastava and Mr Ashok Kumar. In his letter of appreciation sent after a Videoconferencing session of the Indian External Affairs Minister Sh Jaswant Singh, the Hon'ble Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Dr Abdullah Abdullah remarked " This achievement was made possible by your Country's prompt response to our request and implemented by a competent team of four young Indian engineers and computer professionals who spent several days in Kabul helping in the implementation and training of our staff in the new technology.."