Is India Getting Involved in Afghanistan?

There are concerns - especially in Pakistan - that India is getting more and more entangled in Afghanistan.

Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence voiced its concern over the Indian presence in Afghanistan and about involving India in the future regional set up being contemplated.

“The unrest in Balochistan is due to Indian interference through Afghanistan while the presence of Indian troops on the eastern border has restrained Pakistan from disengaging more troops from there,” Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production Chairman Senator Lieutenant General (r) Javed Ashraf Qazi said in a report about Pak-UK Defence Committees meeting.

In the report, he said that India is training Pakistani dissidents in Afghanistan and launching them in Balochistan, which is hindering the operation against terrorists.

The report stated that Pakistan would also be interested in receiving drone technology to use it against the Taliban and al Qaeda in coordination with credible US intelligence.

By: Brant