Indo-AF-Pak region is witnessing the fight-to-finish clash of three ideologies namely ‘liberal Western democracy’, ‘authoritarian Chinese democracy’ and Islamic - Jihadism. Taliban is afraid of losing ideological war to ISIS-KP because global Jihad has stronger appeal than merely Afghan Jihad. China is worried about ISIS-KP exploiting the human rights violations of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang province of China. India is worried that ISIS-KP can use the unresolved chronic & gory Kashmir problem (where Muslims are suffering) to invade India. Both India and Pakistan (in varying degrees, much harsher in theocratic Pakistan than in constitutionally secular India) discourage free conversion to other religions.

Source: Hindustan Times November 18, 2021 05:42 UTC