India in Afghanistan

Providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people has been a tool used by India for both opposing the Taliban in the past and engaging the Taliban now.

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. 

Insights from Michael Kugelman.

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

Reports that India is engaged in talks with the Taliban indicate New Delhi's growing security concerns about Afghanistan.

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India’s engagement with, or rather estrangement from, the Taliban is being debated more intensely.

India’s tough experience in post-1989 Afghanistan could hold lessons for weathering a U.S. troop withdrawal.

Indian analysts, however, remain divided on the sincerity and reasons for Islamabad’s sudden flip-flop.