Actually India in known to have at least 1000 soldiers in Afghanistan to protect Indian interests there. These operate independently of the ISAF coalition forces, demonstrating that they are there on India’s own agenda rather than as part of the UN-authorised stabilisation effort in Afghanistan.
The question arises that what is India planning to do in Afghanistan which means it must maintain a separate armed body that’s not part of the international coalition? Does India have its own agenda that it is unwilling to share with the international community?
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In fact there are at least 1,000 Indian paramilitary soldiers of the ‘Indo-Tibetan Border Police’ and the ‘Border Roads Organization’ — an adjunct to the Indian military similar to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — operating in Afghanistan.
These forces are not part of NATO/ISAF and have little or no contact with NATO or U.S. commands. Their official mission is the protection of Indian construction teams and businesses, India being one of the larger aid donors and investors in Afghanistan, up there with Iran. Two Indian contractors have been abducted and beheaded by militants in the last two years.