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Intro: Afghanistan has always been a theater of geopolitical contestation and great power politics, be it in the 19th century as great game between Russia and Britain, in 20th century between USSR and USA, or in 21st century as USA waged a “war on terror” since 2001 Robert D Kaplan in his book revenge of geography calls Afghanistan as “breathtakingly strategic.” India- Afghanistan: India and Afghanistan have A strong relationship based on historical and cultural links. Strategic partnership agreement was signed in 2011. the basic tenets of India's policy and approach towards Afghanistan remains centered around creation of a democratic , stable and strong Afghanistan in its background. India has always remained committed to reconstruction and development of Afghanistan right from Bonn conference of 2001. India's approach towards Afghanistan has largely been a function of desire to prevent Pakistan from Dominating Afghanistan and using it as a counter weight to India's prepon...

Key developments after Taliban takeover India conducted Operation Devi Shakti to evacuate more than 800 people including its citizens and Afghan partners from Afghanistan. Ministry of External Affairs of Government of India held meeting with Taliban in Doha , focused on safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan, and the travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, to India. UN Security Council adopted a resolution condemning deadly attacks in Afghanistan and requiring the Taliban to honour their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan and raised calls for combating terrorism and upholding human rights. The US has frozen nearly $9.5 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central bank and stopped shipments of cash to the nation. Concerns related to takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban for India Limitations of India’s existing approach : India has always supported “an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” process for enduring...