Soon Biden will learn that two swords cannot be kept in the Afghan scabbard. This diplomacy had the effect of conferring on India heaps of goodwill among the Afghan people. Schools, hospitals, technical training institutes, hospitality to the injured by flying them to Indian hospitals — all of this found way to Afghan hearts. Whatever role Americans assign New Delhi, nothing can compare with the effectiveness of India’s “Diplomacy by Default”. Remember, in 2011, Gen Stanley McChrystal, US Force Commander, had openly complained that India’s soft diplomacy distracts Pakistan from being constructive in Afghanistan.

Source: Libya Today March 13, 2021 03:45 UTC