Rajnath to spell out BJP’s Afghanistan policy

[thestringshredder]

Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh will directly convey to the United States lawmakers, think tanks and policy makers his party’s policy on Afghanistan at the Capitol Hill later this month.

Mr. Singh, who is slated to be in Washington from July 22-25, would be delivering key note address on “India, Afghanistan and Regional Security” at a conference on Afghanistan on July 23 organised by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS USA) and the United States India Political Action Committee.

The conference at the historic Rayburn House Building of the US Capitol, among others would also be addressed by the former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal; the former head of Afghan intelligence Hamrullah Saleh; and Ajit Doval, the former director of Intelligence Bureau.

Organisers of the conference have also roped in Mehran Baloch, a senior Baloch leader and Senge Serin, president of the Institute of Gilgit Baltistan Studies, to give their perspective on Afghanistan and the recent developments.

“The conference aims to engage communities to discuss factors affecting security, stability and prosperity in Afghanistan and the surrounding region,” FIIDS USA said in a statement.

“The sessions will focus on critical dimensions of a balanced and unified strategy that can lead to Afghanistan’s stable and secure development,” it added.

Michael O’Hanlon, director of Research at the Brookings Institute and Lisa Curtis, research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, would also be addressing the conference.

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[Sher Malang]

What would this mean to Afghan-Indian relations?

 

[third eye]

What would this mean to Afghan-Indian relations?

Nothing. It shall have no impact.

A party which has no effective " India Policy' speaking about it policy of another nation is funny.

National politcs at home is guided by development & action . Add corruption to it as well.

BJP has hardly anything to show at national level on these.

 

[Kompromat]

What would this mean to Afghan-Indian relations?

BJP's policy will look like this.


* Re-inventing Northern Alliance.

* Begging Americans to not allow Taliban to become a political partisan which would mean civil war or peace otherwise.

* Indian interests lie at non reconciliation of the two Afghan sides. If Pakistan succeeds in its Qatar initiative to bring a national representative govt, with Taliban getting the piece of the pie in govt making, India cannot fabricate instability in Afghanistan as instability and economic situation in Afghanistan justifies Indian presence there.

* India's key objective is to create a hostile border for Pakistan which in turn will weaken our non nuclear deterrent capability against India. Through that it can keep a window open to funnel arms and aid to its proxies in Pakistan's tribal belt and Balochistan .India has come to realize that Pakistan will not be eradicated,therefore it wants to maintain instability in Pakistan to keep it economically stagnant using its proxies to create a dangerous security environment where foreign investment dries up, Pakistan isn't economically competitive to India and therefore will remain a non competitor which will allow India to compete with China.

* Pakistan's key objective is to bring about a national reconciliation govt in Afghanistan which includes the Taliban and other Pashtun majority into the fold of governing Afghanistan. Pakistan has been secretly negotiating with Northren Alliance elements to bring about a peace and reconciliation process leading into a national representative govt as well as a national representative Armed forces.

* Pakistan's key interest is to have a "secure" Afghan border, which allows us to focus our non nuclear deterrent totally committed towards India. It becomes more important to have a full conventional deployment on the Indian border with the rise of the extreme right in India. This will allow Pakistan to maintain a balance of power both conventional and non conventional which in turn will improve the security situation in Pakistan and will result in a better growing economy.

* This is where Indian and Pakistani interests collide, India will try everything it can to maintain an Afghanistan it can exploit for its sinister purpose of destabilizing Pakistan and Afghanistan, so that it could attain its long held dream of regional hegemony. This visit is just a reflection of the mindset that directs Indian strategy towards Afghanistan.

* Qatar process may not be the last Pakistani effort to bring about a national representative govt in Afghanistan,however if India succeeds in sabotage of this process it can delay it further and with a speeding up US pullout the security cloud is about to be changed which will allow any unwanted civil conflict to spark in Afghanistan. Pakistan knows what its doing,India knows what its doing. Whoever wins BEFORE the NATO pullout will have a stronger say in what happens in Afghanistan post 2014.

Best Regards.

@A-Team @Pak-one @Armstrong @Hyperion @Xeric @Icarus @F.O.X @Luftwaffe @Last Hope @muse @Argus Panoptes @Yzd Khalifa @TaimiKhan @Neptune

 

[third eye]

BJP's policy will look like this.

Is this the BJP policy or Indian policy ?

 

[Kompromat]

Is this the BJP policy or Indian policy ?

I believe regardless of who's in power the core objectives of Indian Afghan cell will remain the same. There will only be a few politically motivated differences depending on who's in office.

 

[janon]

I wish he would spell out BJP's "India policy", because so far it has only consisted of opposing everything the govt does, even if that means opposing what is in the nation's interest. Nuclear deal, FDI....

 

[kena]

BJP's policy will look like this.


* Re-inventing Northern Alliance.

* Begging Americans to not allow Taliban to become a political partisan which would mean civil war or peace otherwise.

* Indian interests lie at non reconciliation of the two Afghan sides. If Pakistan succeeds in its Qatar initiative to bring a national representative govt, with Taliban getting the piece of the pie in govt making, India cannot fabricate instability in Afghanistan as instability and economic situation in Afghanistan justifies Indian presence there.

* India's key objective is to create a hostile border for Pakistan which in turn will weaken our non nuclear deterrent capability against India. .India has come to realize that Pakistan will not be eradicated,therefore it wants to maintain instability in Pakistan to keep it economically stagnant using its proxies to create a dangerous security environment where foreign investment dries up, Pakistan isn't economically competitive to India and therefore will remain a non competitor which will allow India to compete with China.

* Pakistan's key objective is to bring about a national reconciliation govt in Afghanistan which includes the Taliban and other Pashtun majority into the fold of governing Afghanistan. has been secretly negotiating with Northren Alliance[/URL] elements to bring about a peace and reconciliation process leading into a national representative govt as well as a national representative Armed forces.

* Pakistan's key interest is to have a "secure" Afghan border, which allows us to focus our non nuclear deterrent totally committed towards India. It becomes more important to have a full conventional deployment on the Indian border with the rise of the extreme right in India. This will allow Pakistan to maintain a balance of power both conventional and non conventional which in turn will improve the security situation in Pakistan and will result in a better growing economy.

* This is where Indian and Pakistani interests collide, India will try everything it can to maintain an Afghanistan it can exploit for its sinister purpose of destabilizing Pakistan and Afghanistan, so that it could attain its long held dream of regional hegemony. This visit is just a reflection of the mindset that directs Indian strategy towards Afghanistan.

* Qatar process may not be the last Pakistani effort to bring about a national representative govt in Afghanistan,however if India succeeds in sabotage of this process it can delay it further and with a speeding up US pullout the security cloud is about to be changed which will allow any unwanted civil conflict to spark in Afghanistan. Pakistan knows what its doing,India knows what its doing. Whoever wins BEFORE the NATO pullout will have a stronger say in what happens in Afghanistan post 2014.

Best Regards.

I do not think this National Unity Government will last for long. Afganistan has no experience of this kind and its ethno-tribal split precludes any long term success of such experiment. Afganistan will be a permanent irritant to Pakistan. India's returns on Afganistan investment have been very high and will continue to be.

 

[Icewolf]

Karzai ki shaadi me Singh dewana....

 

[Pakistanisage]

Please Check AFGHAN TALIBAN'S INDIA POLICY before formulating India's Afghanistan policy.

 

[janon]

Please Check AFGHAN TALIBAN'S INDIA POLICY before formulating India's Afghanistan policy.

Before that, check Taliban's "Pakistan policy". Pakistan lies closer to them than India, and will be their first stop.

 

[Pakistanisage]

We know their Pakistan's policy. They live in Pakistan ( both Mullah Omar and Haqqani ) and they tell us what they are going to do to your people in Afghanistan after NATO leaves in 2014.

Before that, check Taliban's "Pakistan policy". Pakistan lies closer to them than India, and will be their first stop.

 

[kena]

Please Check AFGHAN TALIBAN'S INDIA POLICY before formulating India's Afghanistan policy.

What is the Taliban? Some kind of supermen? Its just a rag tag guerrilla army which has the advantage of terrain and its homeland. What can they do to India amongst hostile populace and territory?

It is for you, with your Pushtoon population, to be scared of Taliban. We have nothing to fear from a bunch of desperados.

 

[Kompromat]

I do not think this National Unity Government will last for long. Afganistan has no experience of this kind and its ethno-tribal split precludes any long term success of such experiment. Afganistan will be a permanent irritant to Pakistan. India's returns on Afganistan investment have been very high and will continue to be.

You need re-education on Afghan history.

 

[Pakistanisage]

What is the Taliban? Some kind of supermen? Its just a rag tag guerrilla army which has the advantage of terrain and its homeland. What can they do to India amongst hostile populace and territory?It is for you, with your Pushtoon population, to be scared of Taliban. We have nothing to fear from a bunch of desperados.

That Rag Tag Guerillas have not been defeated by the British, the Russians , the mighty NATO and THE MIGHTY UNITED STATES.

So it would be interesting to see what they will do to your people in Afghanistan.

I will bet big bucks that after the NATO Exit you will QUIETLY leave Afghanistan with YOUR TAIL SNUGLY TUCKED BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.