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Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
That Pakistan would play an important role in helping the war in Afghanistan to be brought to a graceful close was known to all, for a very long time. That itself was a powerful reason not to pursue the policy of seeking to “ isolate “ Pakistan, which has led Indian foreign policy into such an arid cul de sac in recent years.
There is no “graceful” close to the conflict in Afghanistan and certainly not if Pakistan has its way. Nothing “graceful” about Pakistan’s involvements in its neighbors. Read Steve Coll (Ghost Wars, Directorate S), Myra McDonald (Defeat is an Orphan) and other such works if you think my statement is typical Indian anti-Pakistan sentiment. Just because Indian efforts at “isolating Pakistan” (more like getting others to see Pakistan in its true light – as the mother lode of instability) have not be successful doesn’t make those efforts wrong. You are wrong on multiple counts.
Let us not gloss over the fact that we supported the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and that gave rise to creation of Taliban. We and Russians are the villains here, not the Taliban.
Any body who knows MR Modi will certainly have found that he is a man on a mission and he would rather not take anything lied down that time is over for him he is a man continuously in a action mode china and Pakistan have found that and before trump also got to know when he went ahead while signing S400 it would be wise of Afghans to understand this quickly and also for Indian journalists
What a polite way of saying:
India has been defeated in Afghanistan & Pakistan has won !!!
A serious question. To how many locks does India now hold a key.
That Pakistan would play an important role in helping the war in Afghanistan to be brought to a graceful close was known to all, for a very long time. That itself was a powerful reason not to pursue the policy of seeking to “ isolate “ Pakistan, which has led Indian foreign policy into such an arid cul de sac in recent years.
There is no “graceful” close to the conflict in Afghanistan and certainly not if Pakistan has its way. Nothing “graceful” about Pakistan’s involvements in its neighbors. Read Steve Coll (Ghost Wars, Directorate S), Myra McDonald (Defeat is an Orphan) and other such works if you think my statement is typical Indian anti-Pakistan sentiment. Just because Indian efforts at “isolating Pakistan” (more like getting others to see Pakistan in its true light – as the mother lode of instability) have not be successful doesn’t make those efforts wrong. You are wrong on multiple counts.
Let us not gloss over the fact that we supported the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and that gave rise to creation of Taliban. We and Russians are the villains here, not the Taliban.
Sure India doesn’t want to be like in begani shadi me Abdullah deewana. Else India will be hold by neck and shown the exit.
Any body who knows MR Modi will certainly have found that he is a man on a mission and he would rather not take anything lied down that time is over for him he is a man continuously in a action mode china and Pakistan have found that and before trump also got to know when he went ahead while signing S400 it would be wise of Afghans to understand this quickly and also for Indian journalists
The message is that although India is a superpower in south Asia, India is not a big player in the current Afghanistan issue.