Why India Uses Afghanistan as Pawn?

[Lankan Ranger]

Why India Uses Afghanistan as Pawn?

The government of India has sent 40 additional Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandos to guard its people, vital installations and ongoing development projects in Afghanistan.

The team of Indian central security agencies will also join this armed contingent in Kabul soon. The decision came following the audacious attack on 26 February 2010 that killed 17 people including 9 Indians as suicide bombers carried out a string of attacks on guesthouses in Kabul.

According to the Indian sources, the 40 ITBP commandos will be stationed in the Indian missions and guesthouses frequently used by Indians involved in development work.

Interestingly, the Indian government has resolved to increase its security and armed contingent in the wake of so-called perceived threat from Pakistan to Indian missions based in Afghanistan.

As a matter of fact it is not new on part of Indian authorities and media to link everything with Pakistan that goes wrong within and outside India.

ASIAN DEFENCE: Why India Uses Afghanistan as Pawn?

 

[Spitfighter]

Who says we're 'using' Afghanistan for anything? We're trying to build a strategic relationship with the country and it is but natural for Pakistanis to assume that it is directed against them, notwithstanding the lack of evidence of course.

India has so far restricted its presence in Afghanistan to solely developmental work, we have built roads, power plants, hospitals and even their parliament building. Even after numerous attacks, we're only sending 40 additional commandos to protect our citizens in the country. Besides, why would we risk sending in saboteurs from Afghanistan and tarnish our global image when we could easily send them in from our side?

 

[r3alist]

India has so far restricted its presence in Afghanistan to solely developmental work, we have built roads, power plants, hospitals and even their parliament building

whilst people in your own land are dying from starvation - very nice, wonderful vision.

 

[manish123]

Why India Uses Afghanistan as Pawn?

The government of India has sent 40 additional Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandos to guard its people, vital installations and ongoing development projects in Afghanistan.

The team of Indian central security agencies will also join this armed contingent in Kabul soon. The decision came following the audacious attack on 26 February 2010 that killed 17 people including 9 Indians as suicide bombers carried out a string of attacks on guesthouses in Kabul.

According to the Indian sources, the 40 ITBP commandos will be stationed in the Indian missions and guesthouses frequently used by Indians involved in development work.

Interestingly, the Indian government has resolved to increase its security and armed contingent in the wake of so-called perceived threat from Pakistan to Indian missions based in Afghanistan.

As a matter of fact it is not new on part of Indian authorities and media to link everything with Pakistan that goes wrong within and outside India.

ASIAN DEFENCE: Why India Uses Afghanistan as Pawn?

Why does sri lanka be used as a pawn for china?

 

[Moorkh]

whilst people in your own land are dying from starvation - very nice, wonderful vision.

you see, its called 'selfless act'

and in most cultures a selfless act is considered a good thing.

or you could say we expect greater returns from afganistan than from our own starving population.

use whichever argument u prefer.

 

[r3alist]

or you could say we expect greater returns from afganistan than from our own starving population.

yea, real selfless

 

[Spitfighter]

whilst people in your own land are dying from starvation - very nice, wonderful vision.

Strategic imperatives can't wait till we wipe out poverty so we work on both at the same time.

Since you're so concerned about our poor, here's some good news for you to choke on.

India lifts 59.7 mn people out of slum since 2000: UN

United Nations: India and China have together lifted at least 125 million out of slums between 1990 and 2010, and improved the lives of slum dwellers more than any other country, a new UN report has said.

India has lifted 59.7 million people out of slum conditions since 2000. Slum prevalence fell from 41.5 percent in 1990 to 28.1 percent in 2010. This is a relative decrease of 32 percent, the study found, according to the report called State of the World’s Cities 2010/2011.

"Lessening poverty and improving conditions in slums are part of India's urban development policy," the report said, pointing out four main reasons for it.

First, building the skills of the urban poor in their chosen businesses, and by providing them micro-credit. Second, providing basic services and development within slum settlements, thus improving living conditions.

Third, providing security of tenure to poor families living in unauthorized settlements, improving their access to serviced low-cost housing and subsidized housing finance. Fourth, encouraging the poor to take part in decision-making and community development efforts.

China has made the greatest progress on this front with improvements to the daily conditions of 65.3 million urban residents, the report said.

Proportionally, China's urban population living in slums fell from 37.3 percent in 2000 to some 28 percent in 2010, a relative decrease of 25 percent.

"Despite growing inequality due to the country's rapid economic advance, China has improved living conditions by embracing economic reforms and implementing modernization policies that have used urbanisation to drive national growth," the report said.

Overall, the report finds that 227 million people in the world have moved out of slum conditions since 2000. At the same time, the study also stresses that 55 million new slum dwellers have been added to the global urban population since 2000.

"However, this achievement is not uniformly distributed across regions," said Anna Tibaijuka, head of the UN Human Settlements Programme.

"Success is highly skewed towards the more advanced emerging economies, while poorer countries have not done as well," she said.

Overall, the UN report finds that the number of people living in slums has risen from 777 million in 2000 to 830 million in 2010, and warns that unless urgent steps are taken the number could rise to 900 million in 2020.


Now do you want to talk about Pakistan's economy? has it ever stopped you from fantasizing about strategic depth in Afghanistan?

The Mods have repeatedly warned members NOT to bring in tangential issues of poverty/toilets/economy simply because it serves no purpose, so how 'bout you delete your meaningless comment?

 

[Zebronic]

whilst people in your own land are dying from starvation - very nice, wonderful vision.

Who said we should not help Afghanistan because we are a poor country.

If I go through your logic....could you explain me why pakistan is investing 500 million USD$ on Afghanistan...I mean i have not seen pakistan name on richest country list.

Your country too is not a rich country..then why 500 million USD$???

 

[karan.1970]

whilst people in your own land are dying from starvation - very nice, wonderful vision.

Largest aid doner in the world (including to Pakistan): USA
Country with highest debt: USA
Country with highest reserves in the world: China
Who received more aid than India and Pakistan in 2008: China


You need to learn a little more about how global economy and diplomacy works..

 

[Moscow]

another slum ,hunger poverty thread
why cant the topics be discussed sanely

afganistan will remain a strategic point for all powers due to CAR access

 

[r3alist]

Who said we should not help Afghanistan because we are a poor country.

If I go through your logic....could you explain me why pakistan is investing 500 million USD$ on Afghanistan...I mean i have not seen pakistan name on richest country list.

Your country too is not a rich country..then why 500 million USD$???

india can do what it wants, however the moral case for india's "help" in afghanistan is weak when with this help to afghanistan they could invest into their own poor who number into the millions - yet over them they chose afghans, so much for the indians huh?


as for pakistan - well pakistan has deep ties with afghanistan - blood being one of the most important ones, these are ties that india does not have, so pakistan has a somewhat stronger moral case

so indians are confused between pretnding to be the humanitarians (unjusified) to being the guys who have interests in the nation and are trying to win favour - you guys are finding it hard to deceive yourselves let alone another person

 

[manish123]

india can do what it wants, however the moral case for india's "help" in afghanistan is weak when with this help to afghanistan they could invest into their own poor who number into the millions - yet over them they chose afghans, so much for the indians huh?


as for pakistan - well pakistan has deep ties with afghanistan - blood being one of the most important ones, these are ties that india does not have, so pakistan has a somewhat stronger moral case

so indians are confused between pretnding to be the humanitarians (unjusified) to being the guys who have interests in the nation and are trying to win favour - you guys are finding it hard to deceive yourselves let alone another person

It hurts having indians in afghanistan which you thought was your property.Right.Sorry bro thats how it is.

 

[CONNAN]

to be honest i dont know any thing about any bodies intrest in afganistan

and this news is from a blog not even from a creadable news paper (sorry for spelling mistakes)

and this thread is or already a battle ground for indo-pak member bashing, or war

FINALLY THIS ISZ A PROFESSIONAL DEFENCE FORM IN WHICH ANOTHER USLESS AND BASELESS THREAD

 

[r3alist]

It hurts having indians in afghanistan which you thought was your property.Right.Sorry bro thats how it is.

lets see for how long buddy, afghans are perhaps the most xenophobic people in the world.

 

[manish123]

lets see for how long buddy, afghans are perhaps the most xenophobic people in the world.

Ya lets see and in the meantime get used to see the russians also.Might familiarize yourself in the changing scenario