The Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process is a regional initiative of 15 countries, including China, Russia, Iran and Central Asian states, to ensure regional security, economic and political cooperation centered on Afghanistan India on Tuesday said it will continue to work on connectivity projects in Afghanistan as New Delhi backed a US-proposed and UN-convened initiative to achieve a political settlement to the war-torn country. Addressing the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process meeting in Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, foreign minister S Jaishankar said durable peace in Afghanistan requires a “genuine double peace", which he elaborated as “peace within Afghanistan and peace around Afghanistan".