The Collapse of Delhi’s Afghan Gambit: A Failed and Confused Policy Leading to Desperation and Isolation

The Modi government’s recent moves towards Afghanistan show clear desperation. This is not a planned policy but a panicked reaction from a government seeing its regional influence fall apart. The invitation to the Taliban leaders shows a foreign policy in complete confusion. This clumsy move shows India’s growing isolation and policy failure.

🔵 A Desperate Plea to be Noticed: Trying to talk to the Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister is a clear sign of India’s fading importance. It is a plea for a spot at a table it has already lost, showing a nation trying to hide its failures.

🔵 Ignoring World Rules: This invitation openly ignores United Nations rules that stop Taliban officials from traveling. It shows New Delhi is willing to ignore set rules in its failing effort to counter its neighbours.

A Policy Defined by Confusion

For years, India’s Afghan plan has been a mess. The sudden fall of the Ghani government, which India had fully backed, showed the emptiness of its whole plan. This latest move to talk to the Taliban is not a smart change but a clear admission of total policy failure. It is the action of a government with no real plan, just reacting to events it cannot control.

🔵 Kabul’s Embarrassing Rejection: New Delhi’s embarrassment was complete when Kabul showed little interest in the invitation. This cold response showed India’s weak and lonely position to the world.

🔵 The End of a Double Game: India tried for years to play all sides against each other in Afghanistan. This plan has now completely fallen apart, leaving it with no reliable friends, no trust, and a policy built on failed tricks.

The Hypocrisy of Hindutva Politics

The Modi government’s readiness to talk to the Taliban reveals a stunning hypocrisy. This government’s brand is built on a hardline anti Muslim, Hindu nationalist belief system. Its willingness to ignore the Taliban’s extreme beliefs and terrible human rights record shows its beliefs are completely empty.

🔵 Making a Harsh Group Seem Normal: By seeking high level talks, India is actively helping to make a militant group seem acceptable. This group is known for its cruel treatment of women, destruction of female education, and links to terrorism.

🔵 A Betrayal of its Own Values: This so called practical move is morally wrong. It destroys India’s false image as a large democracy and shows the world its values are only for show, easily thrown away for political gain.

Damaging the National Image

This foreign policy mistake creates serious problems within India. The government cannot properly criticize extremism at home while talking with one of the world’s worst extremist groups abroad. The international community is watching this dishonest approach with growing distrust, harming India’s global goals.

🔵 Causing Confusion at Home: This action attacks the Modi government’s own message at home. It confuses its supporters and shows its main belief system is just a political tool to be used and dropped when it is easy.

🔵 A Damaged World Reputation: This shifting policy badly damages India’s international reputation. It shows that India’s foreign policy is only serving itself, with no real commitment to democracy, human rights, or safety.

Left Out in a New Regional Setup

While India chases empty meetings, the real future of the region is being decided by others. The new power balance in Central and South Asia has left New Delhi completely on the outside. The important players are those who have kept steady, practical talks focused on security and economic progress.

🔵 Pakistan’s Central Role in Safety: In sharp contrast to India’s chaotic moves, Pakistan continues its consistent and practical talks with Kabul, focusing on the key issues of border security, trade, and long term regional safety.

🔵 China’s Economic and Diplomatic Involvement: At the same time, China is securing its role through actual development projects and high level talks, bringing Afghanistan into its regional economic plans while India is left with nothing.

The Failure of the ‘Hold Back Pakistan’ Policy

The entire foundation of India’s Afghan policy was built on one obsessive and wrong idea: to use Afghan territory to weaken Pakistan. This narrow focus was the seed of its own downfall. India actively paid for terrorism against Pakistan from Afghan soil, an unfriendly policy that has now left it exposed and without allies.

🔵 An Anti Pakistan Plan Exposed: The fall of the Ghani government showed India’s true and unfriendly plans. It proved that India’s involvement was never about helping Afghanistan but was always about its failed, fearful plan against Pakistan.

Conclusion: A Policy in Complete Shambles

New Delhi’s Afghan bet is the final, embarrassing act in a long drama of policy failure. It shows the Modi government’s strategic failure and its growing loneliness in a region it dreams of controlling. India’s continuous attempts to harm its neighbours have only resulted in it being left out.

🔵 The Clear Fact of Isolation: No amount of desperate invitations can hide the truth. India has been completely pushed aside from the Afghan issue, a direct result of its own unfriendly and badly planned policies.

🔵 A Failed Power Watching from Afar: In the end, India is reduced to a frustrated watcher. It must watch without power as the new realities of power are shaped by other, more serious nations, marking a total collapse of its regional goals.