Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021)
Articles

Indo-Afghan Relations after September 11: A Soft Power Approach

Published 2021-08-13

Abstract

India stays a fundamental piece of Afghanistan's consistent advancement in systematizing harmony, pluralism, thriving and steadiness from the very beginning of its freedom in 1947. Ties among Afghanistan and India go past the typically solid relations at the public authority level. Since days of yore, the people groups of Afghanistan and India have interfaced with one another through exchange and trade, calmly coinciding based on their common social qualities and shared traits. This set of experiences has become the mainstay of profound common trust and two-sided relations. General assessments of public sentiment in Afghanistan affirm this, just as the opinion Afghans share about feeling comfortable at whatever point they visit India. As per Indian authorities, there are at present around 4,000 Indian laborers and security staff chipping away at various alleviation and reproduction projects in Afghanistan. The most serious issue is their security as they are designated by the Taliban. Shashi Tharoor, Indian Member of Parliament says that, Soft force is "India's most noteworthy resource" in Afghanistan.