Afghanistan-India Relations

Is Pakistan on the verge of losing its erstwhile friend, the Afghan Taliban, to its arch-rival India?

While a reconciliation between the two estranged partners – the Taliban and Islamabad – seems impossible, the rift has opened up opportunities for New Delhi to step in. 

The evolving Indian policy toward Afghanistan is either a drastic climb down from a moral high ground or grimly pragmatic, depending on how one looks at things. 

As the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate calls for developing a “region-centric narrative,” New Delhi can’t afford to be left out.

With the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, much of the fruits of New Delhi’s two-decades of aid will be beyond its influence. 

Abdullah Abdullah, who is chairing Kabul’s peace efforts, is set to visit Pakistan soon. Should India be worried?

India delivered the first two of four Mi-24V helicopter gunships to the Afghan Air Force on May 16.

Indian-built dams in Afghanistan are causing trouble with downstream states Iran and Pakistan.

What a recent Test Match tells us about Afghan-Indian relations.

India will finance the delivery of four attack helicopters by Belarus to Afghanistan.

New Delhi is purportedly considering purchasing second-hand Mi-35 helicopters for the Afghan military.

India is purportedly evaluating whether to repair grounded Afghan helicopters and transport aircraft.