Kabul and the Kashmir issue

Kabul and the Kashmir issue

When Russia withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, resistance to Indian rule in Kashmir intensified. The Kashmir issue has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan for years, but now it has a connection to Afghanistan as Kabul is now a battleground between Pakistan and New Delhi. Ever since India ended its special status in Kashmir and started inhumane crackdown there on August 5, several statements by the Kabul government in support of India's move have become part of the record. The Afghan government's views are generally anti-Pakistan but Kashmir is complex. People have mixed reactions to the situation and are not fully supporting New Delhi on this issue. India is very worried about this situation. Opposition views are affecting not only India's future but also the dream of becoming a regional leader in the region. Support is also lost.

US assistance has played an important role in India's effective relations with Afghanistan. India is one of the largest investors in Afghanistan, leading in some important projects such as construction of roads and buildings and also the construction of Parliament House. India is largely promoting Indian films in Afghanistan to attract and strengthen long-term and strong ties with Afghanistan. The Afghan government generally considers the Indian military to be a balancing force in the region. In contrast, the Pakistani military's ties with the Afghan Taliban and clashes on the Pak-Afghan border. Due to this, the Afghan people have a negative impression. A clear example of this was the massive protests from 2014 to 2017, behind which the Indian lobby was very active, but now India has to retreat on this front as well.

On August 5, after ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, India sent 38,000 more Indian troops to Kashmir to enforce Article 370, during which all media outlets were banned, which is still going on. Policymakers have linked the burning issue of Kashmir to US-Afghan peace talks to pressure Western policy makers on India, but our weak foreign policy still seems to have failed. He is active in the United States.

The puppet Kabul government has ruled out talks with Kashmir, calling it an internal matter of the two countries, while the Afghan Taliban have repeatedly expressed their feelings for the oppressed Kashmiris. Former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh has backed India. He immediately tweeted that "India has the right to change the special status of Kashmir". He accused Pakistan that "there are terrorists in madrassas who kill Afghans just because they are not anti-India". The reality is quite the opposite and India is using Afghan territory for terrorism in Pakistan.

There are people in Afghan politicians who have all kinds of opinions, some are neutral and some support India in hostility to Pakistan for their own interests, but in a recent conversation with Afghan journalists it was not difficult to guess that public opinion Is changing rapidly now. He is expressing his experiences regarding the civil war and in this context he is aware of the worst situation in Kashmir. According to Arsalai, Afghans sympathize with Kashmiris because they have been facing oppression for a long time during the war.

A good number of people in Afghanistan sympathize with the Kashmiris, but the elites in Afghanistan are also reconsidering their relations with India. The Afghan rulers are dissatisfied with Islamabad, believing that Pakistan is interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs while Indian propaganda It is this negative thinking of the victims that obscures all the evil deeds of India. Akbar Khan, an Afghan driver who fought with the Mujahideen against the Crusaders in the 1980s, expressed his views: "Kashmiris should be sympathized with and freedom should be achieved. They should also be helped and we all wish that after the return of the colonialists from Afghanistan, it is our duty to help the Kashmiris and free them from the clutches of India.

Kashmir is important to Afghan refugees because of its unique geographical and political situation, but they look at it more closely because of their years of war experience, that is, they are looking at their past in Kashmir. Afghan-Canadian activist Surya Sahraf Afghan Refugees And she works for refugees. According to her, Afghans support the struggle of Kashmiris, but she also understands that human rights violations are on the rise in India. On the other hand, due to India's dual policy, Muslims are not only in the country. Life has been made difficult and even in Kashmir massacre of Muslims is going on. In case of civil war, the future of Kashmir is in the dark. Afghans are closely reviewing Modi's Kashmir policy. New Delhi should keep in mind the fact that Afghans are now Modi's. Looking at the Kashmir policy, India is making its opinion. It is possible that India will increase the use of wealth and power to create Afghan public opinion through its agents, but the anti-Kashmir policy