Response to Respondents

Vishal Chandra

Mr Vishal Chandra studies Afghanistan at Manohar Parrikar IDSA, New Delhi. He joined the Institute in 2003 and is currently a Research Fellow in the South Asia Centre of the… Continue reading Response to Respondents read more

There is no cause for dismay over a growing sense of marginalisation of India in regional and international forums on the Afghan issue. Similarly, the resurgence of the Taliban and increasing Pakistani influence in Afghanistan should be seen as a temporary phenomenon. Sushant Sareen is right in arguing that the ‘turn of events’ in the ‘not so distant future’ could open up possibilities of India playing a larger role in Afghanistan.