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Hi everyone, this is a much debated topic and the majority of Indians are opposed to the idea of boots on the ground policy for Afghanistan. Perhaps they think that there will be no significant gains from this and Indian lives will be lost fighting afghan guerillas for no good reason.
But my views are slightly different from the general perception and i believe we definitely should send forces to Afghanistan but certainly not in the way the Soviets and the Americans did it. They went all guns blazing, killed afghans and got many of their own killed and had to withdraw finally. Bot the Russians and American do not have positive image in the mind of common Afghan people as they are perceived as aggressors. We surely cant commit this blunder and go and start bombing Taliban.
Afghan people generally have a favourable view of India and they hate pakistan. We cannot destroy that goodwill by being perceived as the foreign aggressors as be it Taliban or the Northern alliance or any other faction they are Afghan. Our objective in Afghanistan should not be fighting any factions but denying Pakistan the strategic depth and use Afghanistan as a base to encircle and attack Pakistan in case of a war. Suppose we stationed our Army and the Air force near Afghan-pakistan border, we can use it to launch a pincer attack on pakistan in case of war where one pincer will be launched from Afghanistan, another will be an amphibious thrust towards Karachi and third and final pincer will be launched from the plains of Punjab and Rajasthan, tearing Pakistan apart in blitzkrieg war and finally all the three meeting in Karachi, while reamaining defensive in Kashmir as we dont have much advantage there.
But before the above can happen we will have to win the confidence of the Afghans. If we could broker a peace deal between the Northern alliance and the Taliban where they can share the power instead of fighting for it and could assure them of non interference in lieu of operating bases for our military I believe that we can pull this off. Taliban may at this moment seem like a puppet of Pakistan but in reality they are mercenaries who are working for the interests of their Pakistani masters. If the price is good enough they will change their loyalties as Shree Doval puts it. Our job in Afghanistan should be rebuilding their country and supporting peace and stability while staying out of any conflicts with the locals and undermining Pakistan's interest.
Its time we turn our military force into military power. I am uploading a video which i found very interesting and it made a lot of sense to me. Your views and contribution on this thread are invited,
But my views are slightly different from the general perception and i believe we definitely should send forces to Afghanistan but certainly not in the way the Soviets and the Americans did it. They went all guns blazing, killed afghans and got many of their own killed and had to withdraw finally. Bot the Russians and American do not have positive image in the mind of common Afghan people as they are perceived as aggressors. We surely cant commit this blunder and go and start bombing Taliban.
Afghan people generally have a favourable view of India and they hate pakistan. We cannot destroy that goodwill by being perceived as the foreign aggressors as be it Taliban or the Northern alliance or any other faction they are Afghan. Our objective in Afghanistan should not be fighting any factions but denying Pakistan the strategic depth and use Afghanistan as a base to encircle and attack Pakistan in case of a war. Suppose we stationed our Army and the Air force near Afghan-pakistan border, we can use it to launch a pincer attack on pakistan in case of war where one pincer will be launched from Afghanistan, another will be an amphibious thrust towards Karachi and third and final pincer will be launched from the plains of Punjab and Rajasthan, tearing Pakistan apart in blitzkrieg war and finally all the three meeting in Karachi, while reamaining defensive in Kashmir as we dont have much advantage there.
But before the above can happen we will have to win the confidence of the Afghans. If we could broker a peace deal between the Northern alliance and the Taliban where they can share the power instead of fighting for it and could assure them of non interference in lieu of operating bases for our military I believe that we can pull this off. Taliban may at this moment seem like a puppet of Pakistan but in reality they are mercenaries who are working for the interests of their Pakistani masters. If the price is good enough they will change their loyalties as Shree Doval puts it. Our job in Afghanistan should be rebuilding their country and supporting peace and stability while staying out of any conflicts with the locals and undermining Pakistan's interest.
Its time we turn our military force into military power. I am uploading a video which i found very interesting and it made a lot of sense to me. Your views and contribution on this thread are invited,