Afghan overture: 

Afghan overture: 

Context

Recently india has decided to expand security assistance to afghanistan which gave nuanced political message to various countries

Assistance india is providing to Afghanistan

• India’s plans to expand its security assistance to Afghanistan by training police officers in India as part of a UNDP project.
• By training police officers and hundreds of army cadets and officers, India is taking an important role in capacity building for Afghan security.
• India has also announced this month 116 smaller “new development projects” across Afghanistan, and police forces will be crucial in protecting irrigation, housing and school projects from the Taliban and other terror groups.

GEOPOLITICAL MESSAGE of India for various countries

• For afghanistan — india’s commitment towards its stability.
• To pakistan and other countries dealing with taliban —  India will not be deterred from assisting Afghanistan for its security. It also negated recent statement of pakistan PM that india has zero political and military role in afg
• To USA and NATO — India will play a part in putting Afghanistan back on its feet in India’s own way and not necessarily, as the U.S. may prefer, with ‘boots on the ground’ or by sending large numbers of trainers into Afghanistan, where they would become marked targets.