Afghanistan–India relations: Difference between revisions

The Republic of India was the only [[South Asia]]n country to recognize the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-backed [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] in the 1980s, though relations were diminished during the 1990s [[Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)|Afghan civil war]] and the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Taliban government]].<ref name="RED">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/07/world/india-to-provide-aid-to-government-in-afghanistan.html |title=India to Provide Aid to Government in Afghanistan |access-date=3 June 2008 |work=The New York Times |first=Barbara |last=Crossette |date=7 March 1989}}</ref> India aided the [[Operation Enduring Freedom|overthrow of the Taliban]] and became the largest regional provider of humanitarian and reconstruction aid to the former Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.<ref name="IP">{{cite web |last=Tarzi |first=Amin |date=16 April 2006 |title=Kabul's India ties worry Pakistan |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/04/B5BFE0BE-ED5D-43DE-A768-99A6AB1E6C5C.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611105916/http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/04/b5bfe0be-ed5d-43de-a768-99a6ab1e6c5c.html |archive-date=11 June 2008 |access-date=3 June 2008 |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe]], [[Radio Liberty]]}}</ref><ref name="CFR">{{cite web |last=Bajoria |first=Jayshree |date=5 December 2007 |title=India's Northern Exposure |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/14969/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530083317/http://www.cfr.org/publication/14969/ |archive-date=30 May 2008 |access-date=3 June 2008 |publisher=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]}}</ref> Indians are working in various construction projects, as part of India's rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan.

[[Pakistan]] alleges the India's foreign intelligence agency R&AW is working in cover inside Afghanistan to malign Pakistan and train insurgents to carry out terrorist attacks inside the country,<ref name="outlookindia.com">{{cite web|last=Baabar|first=Mariana|date=24 April 2006|title=RAW Is Training 600 Balochis in Afghanistan|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032|url-status=live|access-date=9 March 2012|publisher=Outlook India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029161341/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?231032 |archive-date=29 October 2010 }}</ref><ref name="pak-times.com">{{cite web|last=Azam|first=Omer|date=25 September 2010|title=RAW Creating Trouble for NATO in Afghanistan|url=http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/05/raw-creating-trouble-for-nato-in-afghanistan/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430194436/http://www.pak-times.com/2008/09/05/raw-creating-trouble-for-nato-in-afghanistan/|archive-date=30 April 2012|access-date=9 March 2012|website=Pakistan Times|publisher=Pak-times.com}}</ref><ref name="rediff.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/08raw-helping-militants-in-afghanistan-says-musharraf.htm |title=RAW helping militants in Afghanistan: Musharraf |work=Rediff.com |date=31 December 2004 |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=June 2013}} a claim rejected by India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-evidence-that-india-aiding-pak-baloch-rebels/466814/ |title=No evidence that India aiding Pak Baloch rebels |work=The Indian Express|date=27 May 2009 |access-date=9 March 2012}}</ref> On September 2021, Pakistan’s government provided a 131-page dossier and a CD with audio and video recordings, exact GPS coordinates of five Indian funded and managed ISIS (ISKP) terror training camps with suspected use of chemical weapons to prove terrorist activities by ISKP inside Pakistan was being aided by the Indian intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-05 |title=How Pakistan can tackle TTP and ISKP |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2389623/how-pakistan-can-tackle-ttp-and-iskp |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>