{"id":142540,"date":"2021-10-22T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=142540"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:17:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T04:47:44","slug":"engaging-the-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/engaging-the-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Engaging the Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Synopsis:\u00a0<\/strong>India and regional powers should ensure that the Afghan rulers respect their people’s rights.<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Recently India participated in a meeting with Afghanistan along with 10 other nations in Moscow. The signing of a joint statement indicates a new shift in India’s policy towards Islamist groups.<\/p>\n

Why engagement with the Taliban is vital for India?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India earlier took a strong stand towards any kind of engagement with the Taliban. Taliban has close ties with anti-terror groups such as Let.<\/p>\n

In the past, when it came to power, India witnessed an increase in violent incidents in Kashmir and other activities like the hijacking of an Indian plane to Kandahar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0India\u2019s future Afghan policy \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

But now with the changing scenario, India changes its stance. This is the first time that India is holding a meeting with the Taliban delegates. Taliban also makes the commitment not to let use its territory for any terror organization.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Evaluating India\u2019s options in Afghanistan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Why is Taliban signalling a change in its policies?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Taliban economy is already on the brink to collapse. So, it is keen to engage with its regional neighbours and countries to help in reviving its economy. Moscow 10 format,<\/strong> which includes China, Pakistan, Iran and the Central Asian republics<\/strong>, has some leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more:\u00a0Regional powers and the Afghanistan question<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What is the way forward?<\/h5>\n

But for this to happen, it is important for the Taliban to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the Taliban has shown no such inclination.<\/p>\n

So while the regional countries should help Afghanistan economically, they should use their political weight<\/strong> to ensure that Taliban implements its promises of an inclusive government.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>The post is based on the article\u00a0“Engaging the Taliban”\u00a0<\/strong>published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 22nd October 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synopsis:\u00a0India and regional powers should ensure that the Afghan rulers respect their people’s rights. Introduction Recently India participated in a meeting with Afghanistan along with 10 other nations in Moscow. The signing of a joint statement indicates a new shift in India’s policy towards Islamist groups. Why engagement with the Taliban is vital for India?… Continue reading Engaging the Taliban<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10403,747,10404],"class_list":["post-142540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-india-and-its-neighborhood-afghan-policy-of-india","tag-india-afghanistan","tag-relations","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704923786},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142540","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\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}