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Fair dinkum? Been there and done that, read the "Soviet invasion of Afghanistan" and its outcome. Already fought and secured a favorable result. Almost none of the "big boys" want to do anything, without getting Pakistan on-board for quite some time now. Be it Washington, Beijing or lately Moscow.

I figured that much. We are aware of that also, but the latest change in policy, signals a bigger role for India in Afghanistan, than ever before. Suffice to say that it has gotten Islamabad worried. As for the contributions, to request to have it acknowledged, seemed pathetic and desperate...

I thought there were no Russian uses for Pakistan as stated earlier by you, now suddenly you have started to find things, even if "marginally". :D Moscow can gain greater access to Middle Eastern and African markets through CPEC, crucial in these testing times of EU sanctions, a fact not lost on...

Perhaps if you would read my posts, you would know, before hastening to reply to the post. But for someone more interested in scoring brownie points and seeing things through the lens of jingoism, seeing more than visible facts might be difficult.

Who's better than an American to explain the American policy and thinking behind it? I believe, the facts on the Afghan ground haven't changed, if not gotten worse, for a long period of time. So the only way to win, is to not play, somehow?

Nobody does anything for the sake of it in the pragmatic and logical world of today, specially in foreign policy. Russia is trying to repair relationship with Pakistan, because it sees some utility in it and not otherwise. That isn't possible. Not everything is related to purchasing a large...

See, I am not trying to contest the fact that Indo-Russian relations have been historically excellent and driven by a long standing strategic partnership. What I am arguing on, is your earlier statement that Russians have no use for Pakistan. That doesn't appear to be supported by the Kremlin...

Nah, they have already. Making Pakistan a scape-goat isn't necessarily dependent on Pakistanis accepting that, also. Nor that it matters much. Its actually good for Islamabad, in the long term. A chance to wean ourselves off, from the dependency on dollars and F-16's.

There's a huge difference, there. They may have been on the opposite sides of the USSR back then, but we were directly involved in fighting against them in Afghanistan. Keeping that in mind, the Russia-Pakistan have improved considerably in-spite of all the historical bad blood. So, if the...

Is it based, on the premise of the inability to accept the failure of the trillion dollar war machine and multi-national coalition, to achieve the aims and objectives in Afghanistan? What is there to be accomplished, by sidelining the main player in Afghan affairs?

I see the curse of Zia lifting. The support for extremist groups has faded lately, much of course has to do with the successful operation by the military forces against the terrorists in the North-West Pakistan and since there isn't an inch of the soil under Taliban/assorted religious nut-jobs...

Read between the lines. The phrase of "help us more" doesn't refer only to developmental assistance. That, has been provided by New Delhi since a long period of time, in a way that fulfills their policy objectives.

Did Mr. Trump ever take a class of basic geography? Because the last time I checked, India doesn't border Afghanistan and the other access routes don't appear to be so favorable, except for causing manageable nuisance. So, where exactly would this direct Indian help come from? Through Iran...

I am in complete agreement, senor.

The only problem is that Russians don't seem to follow that line of thinking, as most Indians here do and they are the ones relevant to the whole discussion. Look at the trajectory of Moscow-Islamabad for the past decade or so, our friends at the Politburo have been more receptive of the...

Lol As I stated earlier on this very thread, I am very happy that it happened. But it happened with a lot of delays, cost overruns and un-necessary assistant seeking which should be avoided in the future.

The person getting the cat should wonder, why it couldn't get one before to catch the mouse. Why he had to be tormented for several days before he came to this decision. Introspection is important, its how we improve. The aim isn't just to do things, its to do them effectively and on time.

I don't expect rational thinking or logical decision making from Mr. Trump. He's like a little child whom fate has been extremely kind to, one which believes completely in "the heart wants, what the heart wants" and possessed by an ego, the size of cathedrals. I wouldn't be surprised if Pentagon...

No, just in bed with him, now. Just a week ago, I think, a development package was announced for Karachi and Hyderabad by the most pro-Pakistan political party in this country, according to some, in exchange for the support of the "disloyal traitors" in getting their new prime minister elected...

And when would you stop lying and conjuring one story after the other? How long will this cycle of "you telling stories, me debunking them and you again amending them to cover the loopholes in the first story" continue? Lol You know little to nothing about the city or the situation on ground...