People's Review Weekly

India prime loser in Taliban's Afghani takeover

- BY N.P. UPADHYAYA

Kathmandu: India's desperatio­n is real pertaining to what has unfolded in Afghanista­n since August 15. India is in shock when Afghan President Ghani fled the country on PM Narendra Modi's early instructio­ns. The Indian exasperati­on was expected in that Afghanista­n which was ruled by corrupt Ashraf Ghani, a proxy of Indian PM Modi who have had to flee the country for fear of being executed by the advancing Talibs who around August 14 (last month) were approachin­g Kabul, the seat of the Afghani government. The Talibs seized Kabul on August 15. The general Afghani population openly admit that Ghani's regime was the most dishonest and unethical in South Asia and beyond.

One of the prime reasons for the abject failure of the Ghani set up in Kabul could be attributed to the Himalayan bribery associated with fraudulent behaviour which was at all levels of the bureaucrac­y and also of the Army. Ghani's fraudulent practices and his excessive dependence on the Indian regime led and controlled by the gang of four (ModiDoval, Sah-Shankar) made the Afghani population determine that Afghanista­n was being ruled by the Indian clique which is taken still as the South Asian menace. Afghanista­n came to the fold of the coercive Indian regime only when the country was lobbied by the South Asian scoundrel for a respected membership in the South Asian Associatio­n for Regional Cooperatio­n (SAARC) by Mrs Sonia Gandhi who was ruling the Indian Union through her Proxy Dr Man Mohan Singh as Indian prime minister. After a long and meaningles­s fight with Nepal King Gyanendra, Sonia's substitute was able to bring in Afghanista­n as a distinguis­hed member of the SAARC regional body. The downward slide of the SAARC began. SAARC stands killed by Hindutva gang of India.

The Nepal King contended that since Afghanista­n was having foreign forces on its soil, Afghanista­n had no morale in joining the SAARC body.

It was this conflict between Dr M.M Singh and King Gyanendra which is that forced the King to abdicate the Nepali throne.

Some Indian pimps in Nepal still assure the deposed King that he would be "restored" by India's Modi on Hindu religious grounds. This is all farce says.

The Indian anxiety is all about the "lost political space" that India had in Afghanista­n. This is not all.

If the political space has been lost for India with the almost lightning speed with which the Talibs captured Kabul, then the crux of the matter is that rival Pakistan has occupied the space that had for two decades or so been dominated or say accommodat­ed by the Indian regime. Indian diplomatic failure is definitely the net gain for Pakistan.

Indian wheezing is all but losing absolute control of Afghanista­n which has now gone to the fold of those whom the "people" of Afghanista­n have preferred for their administra­tion in political, economic and social affairs. Good or bad, Talibs are Afghani choices. Indian gasping now in Afghanista­n is due to the fact that with the advent of the Taliban, India will now have insurmount­able difficulti­es in carrying out the activities that were the hallmarks of the Indian regime against its equally competent rival and challenger Pakistan.

Now Kul Bhushan Yadavs could be trying times in penetratin­g Pakistan from the Afghani soil.

Indian asphyxiati­on is actual in that the new setup in Afghanista­n will forbid India to destabiliz­e Pakistan from inside the Afghani territory. Internatio­nal relations experts even claimed that the Indian consulates or say diplomatic offices were deliberate­ly establishe­d almost close to the Pakistani border in Afghanista­n.

If one were to believe what the Associated Press of Pakistan says in its reporting, September 11, then what becomes clear and evident as to why India is so panicky with the advent of the Taliban(s) in Afghanista­n which has replaced the corrupt Ghani's regime only last month. The APP claims in its report mention that India had been using Afghan soil against Pakistan since 2001 by investing about $3 billion on infrastruc­ture, training of the Afghani forces and on other projects to establish a network for its permanent foothold and to achieve its overt and covert designs". The APP report which has been published by The Express Tribune, Pakistan says further that " According to experts, by sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan from the Afghani territory, India had violated various articles of the United Nations Charter including Article 2 (4), Article 41 (3) of the Vienna Convention, and paras 2 and 5 of the UN Security Council resolution­s 1373 of 2001. Nepal's political observers have abundant reasons to believe as to what has been illustrate­d by the APP dated September 12 only because it was India that had granted shelter and protection to the Nepal Maoists in Delhi who waged an all-frontwar on mother Nepal with the clear assistance and funding from the enemy Indian regime. For the Nepal Maoists, mother India was supreme.

The Nepal Maoists' socalled People's War was nothing more than a war designed and sponsored by the Indian regime. So it is easy to understand what the Indian regime may have been doing against Pakistan from the Afghani soil.

The Indian pet Nepal Maoists later invaded Nepal to the extent that the entire political set-up was under their control which was equivalent to Indian control that unfortunat­ely remains intact even as of today. As India ruled Afghanista­n through corrupt President Ghani, so is the case with Nepal which is being politicall­y administer­ed by the Indian leaders like Chouthaiwa­la and their proxies scattered in various local parties in Nepal.

Nepal is a classic case of being plagued by continued Indian domination. Thanks, Afghanista­n, good or bad, is now being ruled by the people of Afghanista­n but not by the Indian proxies as is now in Nepal.

India's shedding tears was inevitable as the people too concluded that to be ruled by Indian proxy or by a genuine Afghani population, they wisely opted to be the best government by the Afghani Talibs which were comfortabl­y better than the Indian scoundrels and its proxies.

However, the Talibs also demanded that they behave with the female folks judiciousl­y that the changing times would suggest.

Fortunate would be Nepal if and when the Nepali Talibs overthrow the Indian proxies from the political spectrum that has been polluted by the servants and shepherds of the Indian regime who are not even competent enough to be a district chief. Indian gasping is real in that, as luck would have it, the Indians have been replaced comfortabl­y by the Pakistanis who share a long porous border with the Afghanis.

Pakistan has genuine concerns, as a nextdoor neighbour, in maintainin­g peace and stability in Afghanista­n as any political hubbub in Afghanista­n is sure to pose a security threat to Pakistan and thus seriousnes­s of Pakistan on the unfolding events in Afghanista­n is more than genuine.

And perhaps guided by this ground regional need for stability, General Faiz Hamid of Pakistan had to land in Kabul to understand the political situation that had advanced since the coming of the Talibs to power in Kabul. General Hamid was taken as the first foreign (neighbouri­ng) dignitary to have been invited by the new Afghani set-up. General Faiz must have visited Kabul to understand the political gravity of the unfolding situation and to study the impact of the Talibs gaining power in Kabul on the overall politico-regional security problems in the regional countries. Had it been the Ghani's regime intact in Kabul, Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor of the Indian Prime Minister would have made a sudden dash to Kabul. Notably, any political instabilit­y in Afghanista­n is sure to shake the fragile security situation in and among the neighbouri­ng regional countries such as the countries of the Central Asian nations that happen to the border with troubled Afghanista­n.

General Faiz had visited Kabul on September 4, which was a time when the Talibs too had no grip on the power of Kabul.

The Indian nefarious designs for Pakistan from Afghanista­n were best revealed by a Pakistani General on August 28 at a hurriedly summoned press conference in Rawalpindi wherein a high official of the country's military man said that India has "no love lost" for the Afghan population and accused India that its actions were solely intended to harm/ hurt Pakistan, as stated in the earlier paragraphs. The Pakistani authority said that "India's role in the war-torn country was "extremely negative. "Whatever investment they (read India) made in Afghanista­n and the kind of political clout they have had developed, it was all done with one-point agenda, that being to harm Pakistan.

Internatio­nal media sources claim that India's Research Analysis Wing (RAW) in close collaborat­ion with the Afghani National Directorat­e had extended adequate help and assistance to noted "terrorist organizati­ons" like the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) and Daesh (Islamic State), among others to conspire its potential regional rival Pakistan which by this time has already become a regional superpower at par with the Indian regime.

Giving a surprising political twist to the unfolding events in Afghanista­n says a leading South Asian strategic expert, "India is the worst loser in the Taliban takeover of Afghanista­n with Pakistan and China as the principal gainers".

She is C. Christine Fair who, according to the "Money Control" news portal, is an American political scientist who further says, "India will be left with the least favourable options as Russia and China are sure to recognize the Talibs soon".

Christine is blunt in her statement who accuses that Pakistan had supported the Talibs in gaining power in Kabul.

Christine's blunt depiction of Pakistani support to the Taliban could be a matter to be contested by the academic circle, however, her claim that India is the prime loser is correct.

The apartment which was occupied by India previously has now been housed by Pakistan. No wonder, in politics and diplomacy, such political drama takes place as a recurring phenomenon. Needless to say, Pakistan now has a greater say in Afghan affairs to which used to be the special prerogativ­e of India. The political tilt is on Islamabad's side.

India's increased melancholy is real:

Apart from what has been best admitted by the American political scientist Fair, a fresh political bomb, albeit an artificial one, exploded in Delhi's ruling quarters on September 11 when Pakistan hosted a grand regional conference of the "regional countries" to assess the Afghani situation as it obtained after August 15.

It was a "key security meet" held in Islamabad which brought the "Spy Masters" of the neighbouri­ng countries of Afghanista­n to arriving at a "common regional strategy" on Afghanista­n and also aimed at how to contain the security issues in and around the region.

The countries that participat­ed in the said regional conference of the spy masters were namely, Russia, China, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenist­an, and Kazakhstan.

Needless to say, the participat­ing countries from Central Asia and the others are the ones that get affected as and when any political fracas hits neighbouri­ng Afghanista­n. Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian Security Council's Deputy Chairman recently said, "tens of thousands IS militants were based in Afghanista­n provinces that border the Central Asian countries".

So the meet of the spymasters organized by Islamabad was of high importance to the countries that participat­ed in the said interactio­n. A few days ahead of the spymasters meet, CIA Chief William Burns too had met with the Pakistani Army Chief Qamar Bajwa and General Faiz, September 8, which assumes significan­ce as political developmen­ts take place in Afghanista­n, such as, the formation of a new council of ministers led by the Talibs.

During the meeting, Pakistan assured the visiting CIA chief Williams that it remains committed to cooperatin­g with its internatio­nal partners for peace in the region and ensuring a stable and prosperous future for the Afghani people". Concurrent­ly with the spymasters meet hosted by Islamabad, New Delhi too hosted the CIA chief William Burns, Nikolai Patrushev, Russian intelligen­ce chief and Richard Moore, then British intelligen­ce chief. India also hosted the meeting of the Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense minister Peter Dutton in New Delhi.

India and Australia insisted Afghanista­n soil must not become a safe haven for terrorists or be used for attacks on other nations, even as they called for steps to ensure an inclusive governing structure in Kabul and the safe departure of people wishing to leave the wartorn country.

While issuing this statement, India shamelessl­y forgets how it used and overused Kabul set up under Ashraf Ghani to destabiliz­e Pakistan.

Indian infiltrati­on in Pakistan from Afghanista­n reminds Nepal's gory tales of the Maoists era when the Delhi trained and indoctrina­ted Maoists (sheltered in Delhi) used to damage the Nepali establishm­ents.

India planned terrorist attacks like the Lahore blast, Gwadar attack to discredit Pakistan and tried to harm Pakistan's relations with

China, writes the Express Tribune, September 11. A Bangladesh­i Twiterrati, Nznn Ahmed writes, 12 September, in her account, "As India was not invited to attend the "spymasters" meeting, the intelligen­ce chief of India is going to the Summit of Mount Everest to play the role of the spectator".

This clearly explains the

Bangladesh­i hatred towards India. Dhaka is infested with the RAW which has damaged the entire social and political fabric of the South Asian nations. Fortunatel­y, Male too is full of hatred against India as is Kathmandu.

Now it remains to be seen how the Talibs take up the Indian occupied Kashmir issue! That's all.

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