{"id":114676,"date":"2021-06-25T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114676"},"modified":"2021-06-25T11:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:33:08","slug":"india-engagement-with-afghan-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-engagement-with-afghan-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"India engagement with Afghan Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis- <\/strong>India has to be realistic. It has to come to terms with the reality that the Taliban have an upper hand and they might actually come to power.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction-<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Indian officials have met and held discussions with the Taliban representatives in Doha ahead of the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>This is opportunity for India to reduce Pakistan\u2019s option for playing mischief and protecting its investment in Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Probable motive of India<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><strong>To prevent Pakistan from using Afghanistan as strategic depth against India once the US leaves.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan, as one of the three nations that recognize the Taliban&#8217;s government in Afghanistan, has been a key player in the Afghan peace process.<\/li>\n<li>A Taliban takeover would certainly empower Pakistan to deploy its Afghan proxies against India, perhaps affecting Kashmir.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>India also tries to protect its investment in Afghanistan-<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>India has invested billions of dollars in Afghanistan as it seeks to strengthen its role in the war-torn country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major development projects<\/strong>&#8211;\n<ul>\n<li>Shahtoot dam, which is expected to cost $250 million.<\/li>\n<li>Afghan Parliament, Zaranj-Delaram Highway, and Afghanistan-India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam),<\/li>\n<li>Along with India\u2019s assistance of more than $3 billion in projects, hundreds of small development projects of schools, hospitals, and water projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way forward-<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Given the level of investment, India has made in Afghanistan, India cannot rely on a multilateral approach to protect its interests. In this scenario, India must continue to engage with Taliban.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source- <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/blogs\/toi-editorials\/talking-to-taliban-new-delhi-must-be-pragmatic-to-reduce-pakistans-options-for-playing-mischief-and-protect-its-investments\/\">Times of India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis- India has to be realistic. It has to come to terms with the reality that the Taliban have an upper hand and they might actually come to power. Introduction- Indian officials have met and held discussions with the Taliban representatives in Doha ahead of the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan This is&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-engagement-with-afghan-taliban\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India engagement with Afghan Taliban<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[8194,8196,8195,560,8197],"class_list":["post-114676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-afghan-policy","tag-salma-dam","tag-shahtoot-dam","tag-taliban","tag-zaranj-delaram-highway","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704842989},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}