Afghanistan shoots down Indian troops support claims

[BHarwana]

KABUL: Afghan security chiefs on Thursday shot down reports that Indian troops were set to be deployed in the country to reinforce Kabul’s battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

The Khaama Press News Agency, an online Afghan news service, claimed that Indian military personnel were ready to enter Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan to support efforts to stem the spread of the deadly virus.

However, National Security Council spokesman, Javid Faisal, denied that Afghanistan had called on the Indian army to help in the country’s response to the pandemic.

“There has never been such a request from Kabul, nor has there been such a suggestion from Delhi. These are false reports, even false perceptions,” he told Arab News.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government has been forging closer ties with India, which in recent days has sent several thousand tons of wheat to Afghanistan for distribution to regions where the virus outbreak has had the worst economic impact.

For the past few years, New Delhi has also been supporting Kabul with military equipment, including army helicopters, in its fight against the Taliban who have closer ties with Pakistan — India’s archrival.

The deployment of Indian troops on Afghan soil, however, would be a highly sensitive matter in the region.

According to Khaama Press and several Indian media outlets that carried the story, the planned assistance was part of India’s policy of extending a helping hand to all friendly countries in the region, and followed a mission to the Maldives last month, in which an Indian military team helped to establish COVID-19 testing laboratories and train local medical professionals in dealing with
the disease.

Afghan Ministry of Health data on Thursday revealed that 1,226 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in the country and 40 people had died after contracting the virus. But with the country struggling to diagnose and treat infections, the figures could well be higher than officially reported.

Wracked by violence and conflict since the Soviet invasion in 1979, Afghanistan is believed to lack the health care system and infrastructure required to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.


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[BHarwana]

Using fake news to build Indian Humanitarian while killing Muslims in India and claiming to save Muslims in Afghanistan. Indian media pushed the fake mews for better Indian image and all Indian news outlets pushed the story which was fake.

 

[khansaheeb]

Using fake news to build Indian Humanitarian while killing Muslims in India and claiming to save Muslims in Afghanistan. Indian media pushed the fake mews for better Indian image and all Indian news outlets pushed the story which was fake.

It's most likely the press agency got it wrong and that Indian troops are ready to enter Afghanistan not to fight the Corona virus but to fight the Taliban. As the US troops leave the Indian troops will move in.

 

[BHarwana]

It's most likely the press agency got it wrong and that Indian troops are ready to enter Afghanistan not to fight the Corona virus but to fight the Taliban. As the US troops leave the Indian troops will move in.

I read the news 3 days ago and knew it was fake. First the news mentioned Sri lanks, now Sri lanka has least number of Coronavirus cases in whole region and they don't need help but are in position to provide help.
About Afghanistan that Indian soldiers deployed there is the biggest lie. India don't has the balls to do it. It takes a lot of courage to walk into your own grave and India cannot do it.

 

[khansaheeb]

I read the news 3 days ago and knew it was fake. First the news mentioned Sri lanks, now Sri lanka has least number of Coronavirus cases in whole region and they don't need help but are in position to provide help.
About Afghanistan that Indian soldiers deployed there is the biggest lie. India don't has the balls to do it. It takes a lot of courage to walk into your own grave and India cannot do it.

They have 56 Inch Chests , can't put it past them. Beleaguered Afghan gov needs India soldiers to help them turn the tide against the Taliban. So sooner the supreme Indian soldiers go to Afghanistan the better to civilise these savage Talibs.

 

[BHarwana]

They have 56 Inch Chests , can't put it past them. Beleaguered Afghan gov needs India soldiers to help them turn the tide against the Taliban. So sooner the supreme Indian soldiers go to Afghanistan the better to civilise these savage Talibs.

I will make a thread of somethimg today. It is something many have forgotten but it is something India has related to Afghanistan and it will show you how much India fears sending its force even near Afghanistan.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Indians are trying to turn their horrendous diplomatic failure in Afghanistan into a success through propaganda alone.

They are selling these stories to their gullible public and the international community.

Unfortunately for them, Afghans and Pakistanis are on to their lies and ready to rubbish them in every place.

 

[Esgalduin]

It's most likely the press agency got it wrong and that Indian troops are ready to enter Afghanistan not to fight the Corona virus but to fight the Taliban. As the US troops leave the Indian troops will move in.

Oh boy, from a purely academic perspective, I cannot wait to see the Indians try their "Kashmir model" of counter-insugency in Afghanistan. Goes without saying that it will fail miserably, but it will also tie up their resources. The most prudent move militarily would be limiting troops to advisory roles but I don't know how much that will do against the Taliban's sway over the populace.