{"id":115080,"date":"2021-06-28T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=115080"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T05:29:59","slug":"thaw-on-the-western-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thaw-on-the-western-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Thaw on the western front"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Relevance<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: India\u2019s engagement with Taliban and Pakistan, and\u00a0political parties\u00a0Kashmir valley\u00a0will\u00a0stabilize\u00a0its western front.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Synopsis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hijack of IC-814 flight\u00a0by Taliban\u00a0made India look West. Now, in the light of US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, India is again trying to reshape its strategic outlook\u00a0towards\u00a0Western region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why is India engaging with Taliban?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">India is talking to the Taliban because the Taliban are winning the war against USA and Afghan government.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"97\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">USA would want India to engage with Taliban because it doesn\u2019t want Afghanistan to become battleground for Indo-Pak rivalry again.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"98\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">India too understands that it has to work together with USA in the West, if the Quad partnership in the East is to succeed.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ceasefire\u00a0along LoC<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">India and Pakistan understand that if they are actively at odds with each other along the LoC, their differences will spill over into Afghanistan too. And then, with the Taliban in power, the ISI might be tempted to use them against India. Hence, the recent ceasefire should be seen in that light.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ccPolitical\u00a0Engagement in Kashmir<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"99\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New engagement in Kashmir is the logical next step<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Both, the central government and Kashmiri leaders have rightfully shed their extreme positions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"100\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Breaking the status Quo in Kashmir:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With a strong\u00a0centre\u00a0it was expected that terrorism will die-off but the opposite has happened as the resentment has grown. Engaging with the local leadership positively is the optimum strategy at this moment. Status-Quo is not helping India\u2019s cause anyway.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"101\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Regime change in Iran:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ebrahim Rahisi has been elected as new President of Iran. If Iran-nuclear deal is restored by him then it will lead to opening up of Iranian market and oil supplies. This will be a good event for India too.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Business Standard<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: India\u2019s engagement with Taliban and Pakistan, and\u00a0political parties\u00a0Kashmir valley\u00a0will\u00a0stabilize\u00a0its western front.\u00a0\u00a0 Synopsis:\u00a0Hijack of IC-814 flight\u00a0by Taliban\u00a0made India look West. Now, in the light of US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, India is again trying to reshape its strategic outlook\u00a0towards\u00a0Western region.\u00a0 Why is India engaging with Taliban?\u00a0 India is talking to the Taliban because the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thaw-on-the-western-front\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thaw on the western front<\/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":[8266,8264,8265,560],"class_list":["post-115080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-ceasefire","tag-indo-pak-relations","tag-kashmir-valley","tag-taliban","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704923953},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115080","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=115080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}