Helping the Afghan People!
The continuously evolving international political landscape is presenting India with numerous challenges. There is no time to look back and criticize the US or its NATO allies in what they did or did not do.
The past is irrevocable, and if you examine the history, no one has ever learnt any lesson by analyzing the past, explaining it, or interpreting it.
We are living in a globally interconnected world and the fate of each country is closely tied to the rest of the world. What each country does, impacts others.
Realizing this, our PM Modi has been instrumental in developing a growing network of international strategic and economic partners. Even in these trying times of ravaging pandemic, his Government has maintained India's position as the sixth largest economy in the world. And today we can boast of a well-equipped, professionally trained, world's second-largest military force with the third-largest defense budget.
India has been the largest regional provider of humanitarian and reconstruction aid to the present day Afghanistan. As part of its rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, India has spent more than US $3 billion in building roads, schools, hospitals, dams and many other crucial projects. The Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar said,
With these compelling factors in its favor, India can strongly position itself in a leadership role in tackling the murky situation that the unfortunate events in Afghanistan have left behind. Let us hope that today's leaders of Taliban, which was in hibernation for the last twenty years, have a more mature vision, that has the primary interest of Afghan people's welfare in mind.
Consequently, it is completely in Taliban's favor to continue with the 2011 India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement to “strengthen trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, as well as cooperation between other bodies of business and industry representatives, with a view to expanding trade and economic relations”.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ccs-meet-afghanistan-crisis-taliban-takeover-narendra-modi-7458790/
The past is irrevocable, and if you examine the history, no one has ever learnt any lesson by analyzing the past, explaining it, or interpreting it.
We are living in a globally interconnected world and the fate of each country is closely tied to the rest of the world. What each country does, impacts others.
Realizing this, our PM Modi has been instrumental in developing a growing network of international strategic and economic partners. Even in these trying times of ravaging pandemic, his Government has maintained India's position as the sixth largest economy in the world. And today we can boast of a well-equipped, professionally trained, world's second-largest military force with the third-largest defense budget.
India has been the largest regional provider of humanitarian and reconstruction aid to the present day Afghanistan. As part of its rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, India has spent more than US $3 billion in building roads, schools, hospitals, dams and many other crucial projects. The Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar said,
“No part of Afghanistan today is untouched by the 400-plus projects that India has undertaken in all 34 of the country’s provinces.”
With these compelling factors in its favor, India can strongly position itself in a leadership role in tackling the murky situation that the unfortunate events in Afghanistan have left behind. Let us hope that today's leaders of Taliban, which was in hibernation for the last twenty years, have a more mature vision, that has the primary interest of Afghan people's welfare in mind.
Consequently, it is completely in Taliban's favor to continue with the 2011 India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement to “strengthen trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, as well as cooperation between other bodies of business and industry representatives, with a view to expanding trade and economic relations”.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ccs-meet-afghanistan-crisis-taliban-takeover-narendra-modi-7458790/
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