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Lots of experts here who still cannot bother come up with the exact tonnage of supplies and equipment one can safely and regularly transport to Afghanistan via an air corridor or Air plus land, bypassing Pakistan and that will be enough to support a strong troop deployment 365 24/7. Do...

US/NATO have been trying to do what you describe for years and have failed. Why? It's a folly comparing the Soviet experience to ours. The terrorists were able to successfully attacks Soviet infra not just because of Napaki guidance (it was actually Amreeki-Napaki co-guidance), but also because...

We have a strong troop deployment in J&K and it hasn't stopped Napakis from sending in infiltrators, even if it's a trickle. To think that a couple of thousand troops will stop the Taliban from sneaking into Afghanistan is a folly. If we ramp up the troop numbers, we have to be concerned about...

I disagree, with due respect. Trump and his advisors have charted out a plan that they think is workable and it has been charted out with "their" interests in mind, not India, not anyone else's. Someone has finally decided that they need to squeeze the Napaki balls and this half-baked approach...

I agree with Maj. Gen. Bakshi on supplying arms to Afghans, but am not convinced about putting extra boots on ground until and unless all the other neighbours- Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan are fully on board. For a simple reason-logistics.

Good points made by folks in this discussion thread on sending troops to Afghanistan. I was surprised however, to see little speak on the importance of Iran in any such scenario. Considering the importance of Chabahar and Iran to our Afghan and Central Asia outreach and Trump/KSA's avowed...