India May Consider Making Strategic Move on Afghanistan: Experts

“Urge everyone to kindly ignore and disregard the unprofessional and irresponsible communications issued by the former Afghan diplomats who are based abroad and, therefore, from now onwards, have no locus standi in the internal affairs of the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi,” the statement said.

While discussing the recent development on the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, Jacob said, “A CDA, which has been appointed by the Taliban, is believed to have been in New Delhi for more than a year. As a result of his incapacity to formally submit his credentials, his current situation remains unclear. This is consistent with India's policy of not recognising the Taliban until it has fulfilled its international obligation”.

“India and Afghanistan have had a long and generational relationship since the Silk Road's development. In that regard, the Indo-Afghan partnership is not only strategic; rather, it is focused on providing medical and healthcare supplies, and soft infrastructure i.e., India Friendship Dam (AIFD), Salma Dam is one component of it,” Mishra said.

“India is undoubtedly concerned about the Taliban due to their growing closeness to China. But India knows that to prosper, Afghanistan needs partnerships and business investment, not bullets and bombs. Thus, in the absence of any financial or other engagements with the rest of the international community, and with the United States withholding the funds that the former Afghan government had stashed in various foreign banks, the Taliban has no choice but to reach out to China,” Professor Happymon Jacob said.

“India continues to monitor Chinese activities in Afghanistan with regard to mines and minerals, especially those related to lithium and energy railway elements,” Anant Mishra shared with Sputnik India.

At the same time, Mishra pointed out that “India needs to move past and consider making strategic moves before Indians fade away from the memories of Afghans”.