Can India take China's 'vaada' at its face value?

After six rounds of talks that stretched close to ten hours over two days, including a lakeside walk, a boat ride and conversations over tea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping began the long and difficult process of mending India's relations with China, pledging to work more closely together on global issues while managing differences.

In what could emerge as a major confidence-building measure and symbol of the potential to cooperate, the two leaders have given the go-ahead for India and China to carry out a first-of-its-kind joint economic project in Afghanistan.