Meengla
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The lack of adjacent borders is the biggest hurdle for the IAF to target the Taliban terrorists.
Pakistan will not allow overflight to IAF and i doubt iran wants to be dragged into the Afghanistan conflict by giving access to its airspace.
If the central Asian countries airspace can be used , aerial bombing of the taliban will be good training for the IAF. It can be done with complete deniability.
You are right about the lack of adjacent border as a big hurdle but it is not the 'biggest' hurdle. For a moment assume that India has unrestricted access to Afghanistan or at least a secure air corridor. Even then I don't think India would dare send a single fighter aircraft into Afghanistan: It would be spotted. Afghanistan airspace must be monitored by regional powers and Pakistan would be tipped about Indian plans. I am pretty certain Pakistan would send in troops, even in plain clothes, with SAM to try to take out Indian jets. So you can pretty much be sure that gloves would come off and Pakistan will openly aid Taliban to take over Kabul--not hard to do so, actually.
But it's all a moot point: Indians are far smarter than that and they would not be openly involved in Afghanistan--especially not after Modi has managed to alienate even Russia and, thanks to the attempted annexation of Kashmir, China is far more antagonistic toward India. Besides, India has already achieved a lot in Afghanistan by hurting Pakistan. India shouldn't worry too much about what's happening in Afghanistan.