AFGHANISTAN: INDIA MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT GROUND REALITIES
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AFGHANISTAN: INDIA MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT GROUND REALITIES
The US has recommended India to be part of a UN-led deliberation hosted by Turkey that includes the US, Pakistan, Iran, Russia and China. In other words the ‘Doha process’ will become the ‘Istanbul pro-cess’. But the Russians, initially at least, did not want India to be part of the process. The study observes the US to be a ‘reluctant superpower’ and India a ‘reticent regional power’. It argues for India to talk to Taliban; possibly an opportunity for India to send troops to Afghanistan as part of the UN contingent; about the impractical UN peace plan.
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