Pakistan, India Battle Hard For Power As US Forces Dwindle In Afghanistan

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by Tim Foxley @ Pakistan And India Are Battling For Power As US Forces Dwindle In Afghanistan - Business Insider

Summary: India offers economic and security aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan offers Taliban. Are these arch-rivals being being constructive or playing out their mutual suspicions…?

Call me a cynic, but is it slightly more than a coincidence that, right at the time when Karzai is sitting down with India to discuss economic and security initiatives from India to assist Afghanistan, the Pakistani government suddenly finds itself able to release ten Taliban prisoners. Attention-seeking, spoiling, showing who is really in charge?

I've been reading a lot of Indian blogs dealing with this. Most of it deals with the long-term tension between India & Pakistan which is still facing off over some land the two have been disputing for decades. I think we can see India playing a bigger role in the area over the next few years – especially as the USA turns tail and runs away.

 

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Good, let them have it. I hope India wins out.