By Sudha Ramachandran
December 15th, 2016, The CACI Analyst
India-Afghanistan relations have warmed considerably in recent months. During Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to Delhi in mid-September, the two countries deepened their defense and security co-operation and signed an extradition treaty. India also pledged US$ 1 billion towards capacity building in Afghanistan. A few days later, when the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terrorist group with close links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), attacked an Indian Army base at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, Afghanistan came out strongly in support of India. The renewed Delhi-Kabul bonding is likely to have stirred Islamabad’s anxieties. ISI and its terrorist protégés could step up attacks in Afghanistan and India in the coming months.
- Afghanistan
- India
- Pakistan
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- Ashraf Ghani
- Lashkar e Taiba
- Taliban
- Kunduz
- Afghanistan Pakistan rapprochement
- Narendra Modi
- India Pakistan Uri attack 2016
- Hamid Karzai
- Mazar e Sharif attack January 2016
- SAARC
- Kashmir question
- Afghanistan goods transit
- Pakistan ISI