jaganpjames
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Can someone update about our military base in Ayni in Tajikistan. Is it operational ? Nothing has been heard about this after 2008.
An Indian military presence in Central Asia has significant strategic implications:
* India sees the Central Asian region as crucial to its growing energy needs
* It is close to Afghanistan, where India's strategic interests lie in preventing the return of the Taliban to power
* Pakistan is only about 35 km away. Afghanistan's Wakkan Corridor separates Tajikistan from Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. India can keep a close watch on the volatile Pak-Afghan border
* In case of situations like the hijacking of Indian Airlines IC-814 to Kandahar in December 1999, special forces can be moved in quickly when national interests are threatened
* In the wake of their deteriorating relations with the US, Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries are favourably disposed towards India.
An Indian military presence in Central Asia has significant strategic implications:
* India sees the Central Asian region as crucial to its growing energy needs
* It is close to Afghanistan, where India's strategic interests lie in preventing the return of the Taliban to power
* Pakistan is only about 35 km away. Afghanistan's Wakkan Corridor separates Tajikistan from Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province. India can keep a close watch on the volatile Pak-Afghan border
* In case of situations like the hijacking of Indian Airlines IC-814 to Kandahar in December 1999, special forces can be moved in quickly when national interests are threatened
* In the wake of their deteriorating relations with the US, Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries are favourably disposed towards India.
