Once upon a time all the due importance given to Afghanistan was to prevent Soviet Union to come till Arabian Sea.
Let it be the great game of British or jihad by Americans.
Every country will have their sphere of influence. It's not just for pakistan
I see who as the only reason why USA wants to stay in Afghanistan or poppy weed may be
Pakistan is the only country which has considerable influence in Afghanistan because other countries simply refused to enter the Quagmire. That's why so many afghan refugees in Pakistan, so many terror incidents.
I don't see any strategic depth that Afghanistan can offer to Pakistan. Not even one ( I may be wrong )
Pakistan is important to Afghanistan, seeing their relationship with Iran. Not vice versa
Afaik Afghanistan common people doesn't have good opinion on you
Afghanistan has always had a central role, intentionally or forcibly, in the affairs of South Asia since the times of Alexander. There was a time when the Afghans had influence over the territories of Pakistan, and now the reverse is true. So every country might have a sphere of influence, but that is always limited due to a number of factors such culture and geography. That is why Pakistan has the strongest influence in Afghanistan. You are mistaken when you say that other countries, and especially India, have not tried to build their influence in Afghanistan.
India has been trying to do that since 1947, and that is the main reason why Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan were always unstable. India fanned the issue of the Durand line and that is why problems remained up till the Daud Khan govt of Afghanistan. India then gave tacit support to the Soviet puppet regimes which remained hostile to Pakistan. When the Najibullah govt fell, India supported the Northern Alliance factions under Ahmed Shah Massoud, which burnt Kabul and killed thousands of Afghanis. It was only in 1996 that the Taliban arose against the Northern Alliance warlords who were pillaging and plundering Afghanistan. As the Taliban were ethnic Pashtoon, and did not brutalize the people like the Northern Alliance, they quickly gained momentum. Pakistan is only the second country in the world with a dominant Pashtoon population, it was naturally allied to the Taliban and so the Taliban beat the Northern Alliance, which had extensive support of India, to the tiny Panjshir valley.
This is the complete story and it is being repeated today. This time it is the Americans and the Indians which are backing the wrong side, and they will fail. With regards to the opinion of the common Afghan people being against Pakistan, that is all nonsense. The govt has a negative opinion because it is made entirely of the Northern Alliance pedophiles. The local media is controlled by them and so they will only present a position that supports them. The fact of the matter is that the Taliban would not have been able to control more than 40% of Afghanistan if they didn't have local support, and even if Pakistan supports them, it can never match the cash spent by the Americans and the Indians, so the facts on the ground do not support the narrative of the West and India.
It is not about strategic depth. The main objective is to keep India out of Afghanistan. India has a huge number of consulates in Afghanistan, but none of them except for its embassy in Kabul have any visa processing facilities. So that is Pakistan will never accept this demand of the Americans. Not at any cost. This is the main reason, and Iran has nothing to do with this.
Pakistan is just a regional player , not a power player
India is also a regional player. Not a power player.
India never sold it's sovereignty or decision making power, and we have no masters
16 years is too small to reconstruct a country like Afghanistan and USA is not good at it
Like I said your land is the most feasible line of supply to Afghanistan, wish Iran opens their land to Afghanistan and want to see what happens
India just signed the LEMOA with the Americans to allow them the use of their military facilities. It is also kowtowing the American narrative in the hope that it can get some support on its illegal occupation of Kashmir. America wants to contain the Chinese in Asia so that the Chinese do not ever challenge them at their coast lines, and India is following their directions very obediently.
Whereas Pakistan had a strong relationship with America which we used to counter India's hegemonic designs on South Asia, and which you label as selling one's sovereignty, now India is following the same path and selling itself to America. Enjoy.