Should India Reach out to the Taliban?

[Mad Indian]

You have no understanding of Taliban then. Taliban is a Paki protege.

I don't have any links now but it is said that Taliban has promised safety to Indian workers and diplomats in Helmand and Kandahar.
But whatever relations we have with the Taliban are solely for our benefit.Taliban can be an useful ally against Pakistan.

Taliban is not the one you want to trust anytime. Theyd just buy time pretending to be friend and then come back to bite you.

The US was a "friend" of those who fought the soviets, an earlier avatar of the modern Talibunnies. They got a 9/11.

Should we talk to Taliban? No.

Why not?

• Because they are a stooge of Pakistan and will always swing to Pakistan's tune.
• They were complicit with the Kandahar hijackers.
• They have always been against us, and our allies, such as Mohammed Najibullah, Ahmad Shah Masood and Northern Alliance.
• If we trust them, they will back-stab us, because, they are one of the last ones anyone should trust. Even Pakistan cannot trust them fully.
• If we negotiate with them, we will lose the confidence of the Northern Alliance.

No, we should not talk to the Taliban. They are a Pakistani stooge, and are also enemies of the ideals of humanity and equality.

Why infuse life into some terrorist org like US when it will die a slow death over time? let all the enemies be together. Atleast we won't have the false sense of security. It's always better to have mindless beasts as enemies rather than friends. Let the pakis and taliban die it's natural death.

Talking to Taliban is like talking to a brainless beast that is programmed only to harm you. The best option is either send it to a place from where it can never return or exterminate it.

Taliban will die the day Pakistan collapses as a nation and as an entity.

If the Taliban was not a Paki stooge, we could have talked with them. They are not of the forgiving kind. We were against them in the civil war in Astan where we were supporting the Norther Alliance. We will be two timed.

To solve the problem in Astan, either destroy Taliban or destroy its creator, the Pakis.

Haqqani is another tool like Taliban and they are close to each other. If Taliban could have been bought, the US could have ages ago.

The question is will the Taliban be amenable to the 'reaching out'.

They are Pak operated and Pak's strategic assets basically aimed at India.

Answer one question- When India can talk with the SLG, why not with the Taliban? Is it because of Indian obsession with Pakistan?

[MOD Edit: Use 'Pakistan.']

 

[ejazr]

THere was some discussion on this earlier as well.

Ajai Shukla also did a visit to Afghanistan and covertly met some Taliban leaders in Afghanistan to judge their attitudes towards India.

Here is the relevant thread were we discussed this. There is also a video where Ajai Shukla talks about Afghanistan after a 5 day visit recently. He has also been visiting Afghanistan regularly since 2008.
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...shukla-how-long-can-india-ignore-taliban.html

If we are talking with Pakistan and China which are the two countries that pose a direct threat to Indian interests, then why not talk to the Taliban. Talking does not mean supporting or agreeing with what they say but having a channel of communication open with them. And if recent coments by diplomats are anything to go by, GoI is already trying to engage Taliban elements covertly.

 

[The Messiah]

Short answer -> No.

Long answer -> Never.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Short answer -> No.

Long answer -> Never.

:-D OK that's a classic :thumb:

 

[pmaitra]

^^

Good to see The Messiah and Mr. Ewald on the same page.