Pakistan-Afghanistan-USA-India bond of discord
The USA for its geo-strategic purposes armed the Taliban so that they could get the USSR out of Afghanistan. This subsequently lead to the balkanization of the USSR. But by arming the Taliban the US has let the genie out of the bottle. The Afghans are great warriors and terrific hosts – but you cannot afford to have them as enemies for sure. US and Pakistan interests began clashing in the Pakistan backyard, that is when the Pakistan through the ISI, started clandestinely supporting the Taliban in trying to evict the government of the day in Afghanistan. Pakistan is dying to have some semblance of control over Afghanistan as that control gives it strategic depth against India. India for its part has spent millions of dollars in re-building Afghan infrastructure, thus trying to gain the Afghan Governments and peoples’ confidence. Looks like these four nations are tied together by an umbilical cord of discord! Once the Russians were out of Afghanistan and post 9/11, the US started hunting...