And we have a vested intrest in not allowing Afghanistan to give Indians a foot hold on our western Border…
We also have a vested intrest in not allowing hostile (They have been hositle to Pak well before the Taliban) Afghans from inciting Pashtun nationals in Pakistan.
If India cared so much for the Afghans, perhaps they should have been the ones to host the Millions of their refugeses!
India could care less about Afghans, and India doesnt give a damn about the Taliban, except for the fact that with the Taliban is power, India loses its own influence.
Pakistan cannot work with the Afghan govt because the Afghan govt has ALWAYS been hostile to Pakistan. They are hostile as they dont recognize the Durrand line, and claim a huge portion of PAKISTANI territory.
They will NEVER acquiese to PAKISTANI support because they will ALWAYS be after Pakistani territory. And since India is there to support the Afghans, this encourages their beligerance towards Pakistan.
And working with the Afghans is useless.. For one thing, the so called govt doesnt control anythig outside Kabul. And we have supoprted these people, we took in MILLIONS of their refugees while India sat about doing nothing.
Indians have the luxury of not having crap hole like Afghanistan to deal with on their border. So they reap all the benefits when they can, and leave all the dirty work to the PAKISTANIS when things get heated…
Regradless, I seriously doubt the US or NATO will be able to defeat the insurgency in any meaningful way in the long run. The Afghan govt is so corrupt and so inept that even if the Taliban were to be destroyed tomorow, a new Taliban would quickly take its place. Unless the US intends to stay in Afghanistan for the long run, nothing will come of it. Basically, India is barking up the wrong tree.