Navneet Khan
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@NoonAliphWow
PhD Candidate, MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. || Ethnic Politics and Conflicts, Afghanistan, South Asia.
India Can Play an Important Role in US Iran War, says @ProfessorPape highlights in conversation with @itsShubhangi.
This is the image of the Taliban's "inclusive" government! A government that is consisted of extremist Mullahs from some parts of Afghanistan! It seems like the Taliban are mocking the world every time that the world requests them to abide by the promises that they made in Qatar, including the promise of creating an inclusive government.
India, once seen as a principled partner, appeared to shift from values to interests. Today, a growing number of Afghans see Pakistan and India less as rivals and more as two powers converging in effect, one sustaining the Taliban through long sponsorship, the other normalizing it through gradual accommodation.
Sanjay Bhai, I am neither a diplomat nor foreign affairs expert. I am just like other 99.9999% Indians, with below average understanding of foreign affairs. This is why I also end up reporting that overwhelming majority of Indians (including the BJP supporters) are sympathetic towards Iran against America and they have zero respect for what Trump says or stands for. My daily trackers are also giving empirical evidence that 3 out of 4 indians trust old friend Russia rather than US. BUT more than 70% are also saying this is NOT our war and we should remain neutral. They say China is our bigger headache than Pakistan, and they absolutely do not believe that Pakistan has anything remotely to do with the word "Peace". And yes, they do NOT feel that Pakistan has scored over India, because they don't think Pakistan can be taken seriously in anything that requires even a token of sincerity. This is what the common man thinks, and my job is just to report that. My personal bias comes from whatever the public numbers tell me. You are right, all these positions lack nuance and subtle sophistication of foreign policy speak. I might be missing the woods for the trees in international diplomacy for sure. But I am generally spot on reading the public sentiment, and that tells me that majority of Indians do not like to be pushed to consume the narrative that Pakistan has scored over India, that too with a gleeful smile. These uneducated unsophisticated lot of Indians might even appreciate that narrative, if it was true. But I just don't know how these buggers just manage to see through the not-so-subtle happiness that some in the ecosystem reserve for bashing our foreign policies and leadership in such scenarios. Rest assured, I am always willing to learn what the data wants to teach me.
