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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Kabul later this month, he will arrive in a war-torn country facing its most serious crisis since 9/11.
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Though the Prime Minister’s official reason for visiting Kabul is to inaugurate the Parliament building India gifted to Afghanistan after 9/11, its significance is far larger. Afghanistan is looking to the world for assurances that it will not allow the Taliban tide to sweep away their lives—making the message Modi gives them critical.
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Islamabad’s compulsions are simple. Pakistan can’t risk the Afghan Taliban joining hands with the Pakistani Taliban networks, and the Islamic State led by Khan Saeed, who want to overthrow the government. That could end in a war larger than the Pakistan army is prepared to fight. It is simply in no position, therefore, to restrain the Taliban.
Put bluntly, the Taliban’s reins aren’t in Pakistan’s hands—they’re tied, instead, to a certain other intimate part. There’s little chance, therefore, that the reins will be pulled.
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India has listened to Afghanistan’s pleas for help, providing four ground-attack helicopters. It is also considering appeals for second-hand tanks, armoured transports and artillery—even at the cost of irking Pakistan.
This will, however, be only a small part of what Afghanistan needs, so Modi’s real challenge will be to push the world community, including regional powers Iran and Russia, to step up aid.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Kabul later this month, he will arrive in a war-torn country facing its most serious crisis since 9/11.
...
Though the Prime Minister’s official reason for visiting Kabul is to inaugurate the Parliament building India gifted to Afghanistan after 9/11, its significance is far larger. Afghanistan is looking to the world for assurances that it will not allow the Taliban tide to sweep away their lives—making the message Modi gives them critical.
...
Islamabad’s compulsions are simple. Pakistan can’t risk the Afghan Taliban joining hands with the Pakistani Taliban networks, and the Islamic State led by Khan Saeed, who want to overthrow the government. That could end in a war larger than the Pakistan army is prepared to fight. It is simply in no position, therefore, to restrain the Taliban.
Put bluntly, the Taliban’s reins aren’t in Pakistan’s hands—they’re tied, instead, to a certain other intimate part. There’s little chance, therefore, that the reins will be pulled.
...
India has listened to Afghanistan’s pleas for help, providing four ground-attack helicopters. It is also considering appeals for second-hand tanks, armoured transports and artillery—even at the cost of irking Pakistan.
This will, however, be only a small part of what Afghanistan needs, so Modi’s real challenge will be to push the world community, including regional powers Iran and Russia, to step up aid.
