Pakistan has remained nostalgic about the Taliban period when Afghanistan’s isolation had made it dependent on Pakistan. The Indian Embassy and other cooperation projects became targets of LeT. The Taliban is no longer the simple monolithic group under a single leader, subject to the ISI’s control. Some offshoots are hostile to the Pakistani establishment.
New Delhi has had a frosty relationship with the Taliban due to a number of reasons:
New Delhi has had a frosty relationship with the Taliban due to a number of reasons:
- Deep links between the Taliban and Pakistan’s ISI and the latter’s use of Afghan territory to train terrorists to fight in Kashmir.
- Highly unhelpful behaviour of the Taliban during the IC-814 hijack in 1999.
There is today a need for New Delhi to play a more proactive role vis-à-vis the Afghan reconciliation process. India should subtly engage all stakeholders there.
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