GRAPPLE THE MOMENT:HOW INDIA& USA MEDIA BURBED BIGOTRY,HATRED &RIGIDITY?HOW INDIA DITCHED USA?
Col (R) Hassan Yousuf
Trainer Futurology, Smart Management & IT / Digi Tech at Pakistan Institute of Management
1.??????Dear readers the major causes of failure of post 9/11 new world are deemed to be startling and visibly convey sheer lack of vision, which strapped them to highly unbelievable face rubbing in South Asia & head on collision with ME /Gulf & other Fragile/least democratic States of the Africa and Asia in the past & later choosing Indians as their strategic partner. Reviewing the history in brief, which goes like this:-
2.??????Had there been no Donald Trump/Joe Bidden there might have been no withdrawal of US/NATO from Afghanistan.With the US withdrawal, Beijing can offer what Kabul needs most: political impartiality and economic investment. Afghanistan in turn has what China most prizes: opportunities in infrastructure and industry building areas in which China’s capabilities are arguably unmatched and access to over $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, including critical industrial metals such as lithium, iron, copper and cobalt. One of China’s current long-term strategic investment plans is the Belt-and-Road Initiative, an effort to finance and build infrastructure across the region. And Afghanistan until now has been an attractive but a missing piece of the enormous puzzle. If China were able to extend the Belt-and-Road from Pakistan through to Afghanistan for example, with a Peshawar-to-Kabul motorway it would open up a shorter land route to gain access to markets in the Middle East. A new route through Kabul would also make India’s resistance to joining the Belt-and-Road less consequential. With China playing an increasing role in Afghanistan, India’s greatest fear is that China will turn a blind eye or even tacitly encourage a Pakistan instigated and Taliban supported resurgence of terrorism in Kashmir to discomfit India. Post the abrogation of Article 370 there are indications that a exasperated Pakistan is planning “something big” against India. China, which has expressed its own disapproval of the repeal of Article 370 may buy into Pakistan’s grand plan, to keep India in check as it has repeatedly stated. This “something big” may take the form of heightened terrorist activity in Kashmir in tandem with a mass uprising while a joint Pakistan-China assault seeks to decapitate Kashmir from India. India must be fully prepared to face such an extreme eventuality both mentally and militarily and be on guard on the domestic and external fronts.
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3.????To begin with, India must effect a drastic change in its national psyche. India must approach the problem of increased terrorism in Kashmir with the confidence that they can gain the image lost in Afghanistan The cunning, appeasing attitude—the failure of Indian diplomacy—must be replaced by balanced and wiser determination that India’s sovereignty and regional conflicts ?are inseparable ?Instead of trying to ingratiate itself with the Taliban by hankering for early talks as urged by several Indian commentators, India must lay down the ground rules for interaction with the Taliban. If the Taliban are serious about nurturing political and economic ties with India then they must provide proof of their sincerity by detaching itself from the Let and ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for anti-Pakistan or pro-Kashmiri terrorist groups. The message must be clear: violence, fundamentalism and ethnic cleansing cannot be a part of a secular democratic country and will not be tolerated. This is a message which must be reemphasized to the political fraternity in the Valley as well especially to the likes of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who had the temerity to threaten India with a Taliban like situation in the aftermath of the Taliban victory in Afghanistan. In a speech to PDP workers, she had warned the Centre “to not test us” and “understand the situation, and see what is happening in your neighborhood,” referring to the Taliban victory in Afghanistan.
4.?????It may also be compared that Pakistani think tanks have been more visionary and their assessment and Foreign Policy overtures have been well received by the international community whereas as Indian think tanks are fuming with frenzy and suggest India to nuke Pakistan? What a shame? Pakistan has gone a step ahead in making the world feel concerned for Afghanistan at this hour of uncertainity and restore Taliban’s blocked funds and Humanitarian Assistance. No doubt nothing seems more settled and calm than the Taliban’s diplomacy, conduct, social behavior & future hopes. Isn’t it remarkable? ?????