India's Post-2001 Engagement in Afghanistan: A Soft Power Perspective

Authors: Shasanka Sekhar Pati

Country: India

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Abstract: Ever since 2001, India is consistently following a policy of multidimensional engagement with Afghanistan and her policy continues to be in sync with the Bonn agreement of 2001. Taliban’s ouster from power and installation of the US and the international community mediated Interim government in Kabul has opened up new possibilities for India to restore and reinvigorate the historical ties. But the most notable and indeed the most significant part of this engagement is the policy of ‘soft power’ approach that New Delhi deployed, keeping well with India’s long tradition of good neighbourhood policy. Another important aspect of this engagement is India’s non-interference in the political and military affairs of Afghanistan. This policy of soft engagement has been able to not only win the hearts and minds of the common Afghans but also has prevented any further exacerbation of the conflict in the region. This paper is concerned with discussing and analyzing India’s soft power policy approach in Afghanistan after 2001 and its ramifications for Afghanistan and regional peace and stability at large.

Keywords: US, Central Asia, South Asia, Pakistan, Taliban

Paper Id: 230286

Published On: 2016-09-07

Published In: Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2016

Cite This: India's Post-2001 Engagement in Afghanistan: A Soft Power Perspective - Shasanka Sekhar Pati - IJIRMPS Volume 4, Issue 5, September-October 2016.

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