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Seema Sirohi penns a letter from DC - She has such a hatred for Pakistan and love for sufi music she might even be an Afghan -- lol.
She is married to a retired US Marine (or other service member) - so her opinion should be listed to.
I disagree with her conclusion - I think Manmohan jee was smart not to get caught up in the Afghan conundrum - alas if only Pakistanis had that as a choice.
Article here, excerpts below:
Is India being increasingly cut out of Afghanistan despite years of sustained engagement and considerable investment in the war-torn country? Is it the way the cookie crumbles?
China is moving in and the Americans are moving out while the British mess around the edges. The big gamer and gainer is Pakistan and its military intelligence establishment.
Washington appears content to let things play out — it’s just waiting to put the shutters down and come home. If it means outsourcing the “peace process” to China, the power with a “plan” for everything, so be it. If it means Pakistan’s ISI determines the state and pace of play, so be it.
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That’s bad news for India for obvious reasons. Two hostile neighbours are getting together to exclude India as Afghanistan becomes a semi-unfriendly hub for ISI activities. This is happening with active compliance of President Ashraf Ghani, a US favourite.
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The dialogue was to begin in earnest at the end of 2013 but Devyani Khobragade managed to get arrested in New York leading to a downward spiral in relations. US officials were in New Delhi for talks but no one met them. But why no attempt was made later to revive the dialogue is unclear.
Now we are at a stage where there is obvious discomfort — even anger — in New Delhi at developments in Afghanistan. Washington and London are seen as ceding space to China and Pakistan.
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India is deeply and understandably chagrined at the unusual agreement between the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which dangerously extends Islamabad’s reach beyond its already unhealthy influence in the region.
The ISI will now train and equip NDS operatives, have access to detained militants in Afghanistan and generally call the shots. The agreement reportedly bars any cooperation with “hostile foreign agencies” — obviously a reference to Indian intelligence agencies.
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But India has to ask also itself why this space was created. US and British officials routinely say: why didn’t New Delhi “step up to the plate”? There is no good answer. For them it’s either you defeat the Taliban (which didn’t happen largely because of Pakistani deceptions) or you make peace with them.
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You can be sure the trainees will be indoctrinated in the ISI worldview.
She is married to a retired US Marine (or other service member) - so her opinion should be listed to.
I disagree with her conclusion - I think Manmohan jee was smart not to get caught up in the Afghan conundrum - alas if only Pakistanis had that as a choice.
Article here, excerpts below:
Is India being increasingly cut out of Afghanistan despite years of sustained engagement and considerable investment in the war-torn country? Is it the way the cookie crumbles?
China is moving in and the Americans are moving out while the British mess around the edges. The big gamer and gainer is Pakistan and its military intelligence establishment.
Washington appears content to let things play out — it’s just waiting to put the shutters down and come home. If it means outsourcing the “peace process” to China, the power with a “plan” for everything, so be it. If it means Pakistan’s ISI determines the state and pace of play, so be it.
...
That’s bad news for India for obvious reasons. Two hostile neighbours are getting together to exclude India as Afghanistan becomes a semi-unfriendly hub for ISI activities. This is happening with active compliance of President Ashraf Ghani, a US favourite.
...
The dialogue was to begin in earnest at the end of 2013 but Devyani Khobragade managed to get arrested in New York leading to a downward spiral in relations. US officials were in New Delhi for talks but no one met them. But why no attempt was made later to revive the dialogue is unclear.
Now we are at a stage where there is obvious discomfort — even anger — in New Delhi at developments in Afghanistan. Washington and London are seen as ceding space to China and Pakistan.
...
India is deeply and understandably chagrined at the unusual agreement between the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which dangerously extends Islamabad’s reach beyond its already unhealthy influence in the region.
The ISI will now train and equip NDS operatives, have access to detained militants in Afghanistan and generally call the shots. The agreement reportedly bars any cooperation with “hostile foreign agencies” — obviously a reference to Indian intelligence agencies.
...
But India has to ask also itself why this space was created. US and British officials routinely say: why didn’t New Delhi “step up to the plate”? There is no good answer. For them it’s either you defeat the Taliban (which didn’t happen largely because of Pakistani deceptions) or you make peace with them.
...
You can be sure the trainees will be indoctrinated in the ISI worldview.
