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Question
- Discuss the importance of SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group to stabilise Afghanistan region especially in light of hasty withdrawal of USA from Afghanistan.
The News
The News
What’s the prediction?
What’s a better solution?
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
What’s the status?
- Russia
- China
- Pakistan
- There will be quiet satisfaction in Moscow, Beijing and Rawalpindi at seeing America humbled in Afghanistan.
- However there will be worries about the long-term implications of US retreat.
What’s the status?
- A Reasonable Taliban 2.0?
- Although Taliban has not changed ideologically, but two decades later Taliban has indicated their willingness to accommodate the interests of all Afghans.
- The Taliban leaders have been saying all the right things to key regional actors
- They would respect the rights of minorities
- They will not host terror groups on their soil
- They are eager for regional and international economic cooperation.
- The Taliban is also signaling that it will not be a proxy for anyone else and that it will pursue independent policies.
India – What to do?
- For India, the era of prolonged peace in Afghanistan secured by the US military presence has come to an end but still India needs to remains active & patient.
- But why?
- India’s options are rather limited with reference to Afghanistan.
- Geographical Constraints
- Pakistan influence in Afghanistan
- India’s options are rather limited with reference to Afghanistan.
India – What to do?
C Raja Mohan
- For now, India must actively contribute to the SCO deliberations on Afghanistan, but must temper its hopes for a collective regional solution.
- Delhi should focus on intensifying its engagement with various Afghan groups, including the Taliban, and finding effective regional partners to secure its interests in a changing Afghanistan.
- A regional approach will open up many opportunities in the new Afghan phase.
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