Turkey and China hope to have greater influence in the central Asian countries, and hopefully that will take the CARs out of their traditional Russian orientation. So, I think India is just keeping its foot wedged in the door so that if the tide turns it can swoop in and do what it can for its own interests. But the change in government in Kabul and the Russian loss of an appetite to oppose them for the time being won’t really help India’s options, except maybe economically. These countries can’t really afford to turn down any economic offers, the way the global economy is going and the relative geographical isolation of these countries.
Tajikistan is the only country amongst the Central Asia republics to be steadfastly with India, f
Funny is, how on one hand India claims strong historic ties with Central Asia and on the other hand keep weeping about the the emperors from Timur to Babur to Aurangzeb who all originated from Timurid and Mughal empires and were characteristically central Asian! And most epic is that the abuse comes from the likes of the PM and people in power themselves!
So basically, are this strong historic ties all about the kings and their slaves? or the rulers and their servants? Indeed very strong historical and people to people ties. What a mockery of a country this is!
or its own ethno-political reasons.