Salaam
just to correct some misconceptions and delusions....you guys really didn't think there will be a situation in Afghanistan where India won't come out tops did you?
Taleban deny that they have any Anti-India stand
India has done well to resist US calls for greater involvement in Afghanistan, the Taliban said in a rare direct comment about one of the strongest opponents of the hardline Islamist group that was ousted from power in 2001. The Taliban also said they won't let Afghanistan be used as a base...
www.ndtv.com
They have stated Kashmir is India's internal matter
The strong clarification comes a day after officials monitoring social media noted a spike in posts around claims that a Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said it was impossible to be friends with India unless the Kashmir dispute is resolved.
www.hindustantimes.com
They have said they will not let Pak use Afghan soil against INdia. They also called India a 'great power of consequence'
India has done well to resist US calls for greater involvement in Afghanistan, the Taliban said in a rare direct comment about one of the strongest opponents of the hardline Islamist group that was ousted from power in 2001. The Taliban also said they won't let Afghanistan be used as a base...
www.ndtv.com
This will hurt...
“No doubt that India is a significant country in the region, but is also worth mentioning that they have full information about Afghanistan because they know each other very well in the long history,” the Taleban said.
“They are aware of the Afghan aspirations, creeds and love for freedom. It is totally illogical they should plunge their nation into a calamity just for the American pleasure.”
KABUL: India has done well to resist US calls for greater involvement in Afghanistan, the Taleban said in a rare direct comment about one of the strongest opponents of the hard-line group that was ousted from power in 2001.The Taleban also said they won’t let Afghanistan be used as a base...
www.arabnews.com
as always, we win....again...
@Areesh 'ground reality as a whole'
It appears you have misunderstood the objective Pakistan has in Afghanistan vs what India has.
Does anyone actually believe that Pakistan needs Talibani forces to counter India? Pakistan has found a good ally in China for the purpose of countering India.
What Pakistan wants in Afghanistan from the Taliban is for them to not let India use Afghan territory against Pakistan. Everything else has to do with trade and such which is a different matter.
Pakistan was never going to use Afghan Talibani government forces to attack Kashmir or something.
India has been in investing heavily in Afghanistan for two decades and we see how that has shown results. The current Afghanistan government is very close with India and openly antipakistan.
A Taliban government will reduce Indian influence to the minimum so we could focus once again on the eastern border.
With regards to the fighters who currently fighting in Afghanistan and them shifting to Kashmir. That can be done without official Taliban support. Not all of them are Afghans and not all of them are Taliban officials.
There was a famous fighter from the last Afghanistan jihad against the Soviets called Commander Khattab. I think he was an Arab. I remember when Afghanistan jihad ended and after a bit he said heard of the Muslims fighting in Chechnya, he left for Chechnya. Fought there for more than a decade.
Then there is the Haqqani network you hear often from the US. These groups and others are fighting along side the Taliban but have separate identities. These can be mobilised. I've personally heard from a top leader of one of these groups saying their fighters would likely move to Kashmir after Afghanistan has been sorted.
So I know that if Pakistan wanted to pursue this line of sending fighters into Kashmir, fighters who have been battle hardened in Afghanistan, it will have plenty of options.
I feel Pakistan would have little choice but to direct them there because having these people not fighting can become a liability fast so my guess is they would be kept busy.
However, I don't know what strategy Pakistan and China have adopted and these new developments will fit into this but I know that things will likely change for the better for Pakistan with a propakistan government in Afghanistan.
What that means for Kashmir and how after the recent developments there and with these fighters likely entering and the Chinese pressure will all play out. However, it does seem that things will likely get tricker for India in both Kashmir and Afghanistan.
